Life-threatening hemophagocytic syndrome related to mycobacterium tuberculosis

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 172-174

  Claessens, Yann Erick ^a   Pene, Frédéric ^a   Tulliez, Micheline ^a   Cariou, Alain ^a   Chiche, Jean Daniel ^a  

^a Cochin Hospital ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Critical care; Hemophagocytosis; Mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CAMEROON; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; COUGHING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33746595777     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000190275.85107.55     Document Type: Article

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