Scrub typhus-associated severe hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with encephalomyelitis leading to permanent sequelae: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 531-533

  Han, Dong Kyun ^a   Baek, Hee Jo ^a   Shin, Myung Geun ^a   Kim, Jin Woong ^a   Kook, Hoon ^a   Hwang, Tai Ju ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

child; encephalomyelitis; hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; roxithromycin; scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTITHROMBIN III; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETOPOSIDE; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISEPAMICIN; MANNITOL; METHOTREXATE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ARM WEAKNESS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PANCYTOPENIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEIZURE; SPLENOMEGALY;

CHILD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 84866901356     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318257a442     Document Type: Review

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