Tuberculosis-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with subsequent unmasking cryptococcal immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in an HIV-negative man.

A 22-year-old HIV-negative man from Ghana was diagnosed with severe hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) induced by multiorgan tuberculosis with peritoneal, hepatic, pericardial, myocardial, pleural, pulmonary, and bone manifestation. His body mass index was 12.9 m2/kg. Bioptic material of a per...

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Publicado en:Infection Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 129 - 134
Autores principales: Geerdes-Fenge, Hilte F., Löbermann, Micha, Hemmer, Christoph J., Benedek, Orsolya, Reisinger, Emil C.
Formato: case study Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2019
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