Disseminated Mycobacterium kansasii infection associated with hemophagocytic syndrome

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Chou, Yu Hsiang ^a   Hsu, Meng Shiuan ^b   Sheng, Wang Huei ^a,b   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hemophagocytic syndrome; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium kansasii

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; GALLIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISONIAZID; LIVER ENZYME; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII;

EID: 77949270847     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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