Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with a leukemoid reaction in an infant with scrub typhus
Summary: A two-month-old male infant presented with a clinical picture suggestive of fever without focus. Treatment was initiated with broad spectrum intravenous antibiotics. The infant subsequently developed septic shock, hepatosplenomegaly and tachypnoea with oxygen dependency. There was laborator...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034115001100 |