TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATED HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME - 2 CASES WITH A FAVORABLE OUTCOME

Authors
QUIQUANDON I PLANTIER I HATRON PY CHASSAING O BAUTERS F DESABLENS B DEVULDER B
Citation
I. Quiquandon et al., TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATED HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME - 2 CASES WITH A FAVORABLE OUTCOME, Nouvelle revue francaise d'hematologie, 37(2), 1995, pp. 149-152
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Nouvelle revue francaise d'hematologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00294810
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
149 - 152
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-4810(1995)37:2<149:TAHS-2>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Haemophagocytic syndrome is a heterogenous disease characterized by di sordered macrophage activation associated with viral, bacterial or par asitic infection. The few reports of haemophagocytosis occurring in th e presence of mycobacterial infection show a high mortality rate and w e present two further cases notable for their favourable issue. Rapidi ty of diagnosis and immediate treatment could explain the avoidance of a fatal outcome.