Febrile conundrum: A case of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1164-1166

  Schenone, Aldo ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Debabrata ^a   Panchabhai, Tanmay S ^a   Mireles Cabodevilla, Eduardo ^a   Duggal, Abhijit ^a   Krishnan, Sudhir ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; FERRITIN; FIBRINOGEN; ILLICIT DRUG; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXACILLIN; PREDNISONE; PROCALCITONIN; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SPLENOMEGALY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ARTHROPATHY; BONE MARROW; COMPLICATION; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BONE MARROW; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84919667466     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.09.006     Document Type: Note

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