Ehrlichia-Induced Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Case Series and Review of Literature

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 191-193

  Otrock, Zaher K ^a   Gonzalez, Mark D ^a   Eby, Charles S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestations; Doxycycline; Ehrlichia; Ferritin; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; FERRITIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOPENIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN MONOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUE; SYMPTOM; CASE REPORT; EHRLICHIOSIS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MICROBIOLOGY;

EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE;

EID: 84937890416     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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