Visceral leishmaniasis associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis - Case report and systematic review

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 381-388

  Rajagopala, Srinivas ^a   Dutta, Usha ^a   Chandra, K S Poorna ^a   Bhatia, Prateek ^a   Varma, Neelam ^a   Kochhar, Rakesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH); Infection associated hemophagocytosis (IAHS); Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG); Visceral leishmaniasis (VL)

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; DEXAMETHASONE; FERRITIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LINEZOLID;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDEMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAUNDICE; LEISHMANIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MELENA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLOR; PANCYTOPENIA; PETECHIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SEROLOGY; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TACHYPNEA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIPOSOMES; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 42649121988     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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