INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERED IMMUNE GLOBULIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFECTION-ASSOCIATED HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME

Authors
FREEMAN B RATHORE MH SALMAN E JOYCE MJ PITEL P
Citation
B. Freeman et al., INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERED IMMUNE GLOBULIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFECTION-ASSOCIATED HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME, The Journal of pediatrics, 123(3), 1993, pp. 479-481
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
123
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
479 - 481
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1993)123:3<479:IAIGFT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Infection-associated hemophagocytic syndrome is an unusual disease wit h a high mortality rate. A variety of treatment modalities have been u sed with limited success. We report three patients with infection-asso ciated hemophagocytic syndrome successfully treated with intravenously administered immune globulin.