Community Acquired Pneumonia Associated Fatal Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Syndrome

Community Acquired Pneumonia Associated Fatal Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Syndrome

The burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring hospitalization among adults is substantial and is a leading infectious cause of hospitalization and death. Severe CAP may rarely get complicated with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). The term hemophagocytosis refers to th...

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Main Authors: Arun Agarwal, Mudit Agarwal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
Subjects:
Community-acquired pneumonia
etoposide
hemophagocyte
histiocyte
macrophage
natural killer cell
Online Access:http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2018;volume=6;issue=1;spage=30;epage=33;aulast=Agarwal

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