Leptospirosis in association with hemophagocytic syndrome: A rare presentation

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 524-525

  Krishnamurthy, Sriram ^a   Mahadevan, Subramanian ^a   Mandal, Jharna ^a   Basu, Debdatta ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; INDIA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AGGLUTINATION TEST; BLOOD; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE;

EID: 84879416516     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-012-0863-0     Document Type: Letter

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