Hemophagocytic syndrome secondary to tuberculosis at 24-week gestation

Hemophagocytic syndrome is a life-threatening disease characterized by the uncontrolled activation of macrophages, resulting in hemophagocytosis of blood cells in the bone marrow. A 20-year-old gravida at 23-week and 5-day gestation was admitted to hospital to evaluate fever up to 104°F of unknown o...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Arteaga Fernández, David Fernández de Velasco Pérez, M C. Jiménez Fournier, J C Moreno del Prado, B Paraíso Torras, M L Cañete Palomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2017;volume=6;issue=1;spage=108;epage=110;aulast=Fernández