Novel influenza A (H1N1) virus-induced hemophagocytosis: First case reported in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-89

  Rehman, Jalil Ur ^a   Wali, Ghassan ^a   Sayes, Najla M ^a   Maulawi, Abdulghani ^a   Aslam, Mohammad ^a   Khalid, Imran ^a,b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b John D Dingell VA Medical Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; COLISTIMETHATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OSELTAMIVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 84865465220     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.86     Document Type: Article

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