Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi, 2012-12, Vol.18 (6), p.517-525
2012
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: an uncommon clinical presentation of tuberculosis
- Ist Teil von
- Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi, 2012-12, Vol.18 (6), p.517-525
- Ort / Verlag
- China: Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2012
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a rare but fatal complication of tuberculosis. We describe two cases, and review the local and international experience on the management of this clinical entity. Prompt treatment with anti-tuberculous drugs forms the cornerstone of therapeutic success.
- Sprache
- Englisch; Chinesisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1024-2708eISSN: 2226-8707Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1237509307
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use, Female, Humans, Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic - diagnosis, Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic - drug therapy, Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic - etiology, Male, Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis - complications, Tuberculosis - diagnosis, Tuberculosis - drug therapy