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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2010; 05(01): 091-094
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2010-0213
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2010-0213
Infection associated hemophagocytic syndrome in childhood tuberculosis: A case report
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Publication History
24 November 2008
05 April 2009
Publication Date:
28 July 2015 (online)
Abstract
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis comes under the category of histiocytosis type II. It can be of two types, namely familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and infection associated hemophagocytic syndrome. The latter is commonly associated with viral infections. Infection with other agents may also cause this syndrome. We report a case of infection associated hemophagocytic syndrome in childhood tuberculosis, a rarity in Indian as well as world literature.