Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a pancreas-kidney transplant recipient: Response to dexamethasone and cyclosporine

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-86

  Gonzalez Posada J M ^a   Hernandez D ^a   Martin, A ^a   Raya, J M ^a   Pitti, S ^a   Bonnila, A ^a   Astigarraga, I ^b   Alarco A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida glabrata; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Kidney pancreas transplantation; Reroperitoneal abscess

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME PLUS GENTAMICIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FERRITIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEVER; FUNGAL DETECTION; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPHILIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 47549095241     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp70082     Document Type: Article

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