Pregnancy-related hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with cytomegalovirus infection: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 432-437

  Tumian, Nor Rafeah ^a   Wong, Chieh Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus infection; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; D DIMER; DEXAMETHASONE; FERRITIN; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GANCICLOVIR; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CYCLOSPORIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; COOMBS TEST; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETIC DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS DISTRESS; FEVER; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEMOPTYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; JAUNDICE; KLEBSIELLA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIMB TREMOR; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLASMAPHERESIS; POEMS SYNDROME; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PRURITUS; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM ULCER; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINE COLOR; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VOMITING; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; COMPLICATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOSPORINE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84941804854     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2014.11.023     Document Type: Article

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