Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Septic Shock With Multiple System Organ Dysfunction in HIV: Sepsis in Extreme? A Case Series From a Single Institution and Literature Review

CHEST Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 146 (4) ◽  
pp. 228A
Author(s):  
Bassam Yaghmour ◽  
Muthiah Muthiah ◽  
Ivan Romero-Legro ◽  
George Yaghmour ◽  
Amado X Freire
Keyword(s):  
Septic Shock ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Organ Dysfunction ◽  
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Single Institution ◽  
Multiple System Organ ◽  
Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis ◽  
System Organ

scholarly journals Candida central nervous system infection after neurosurgery: a single-institution case series and literature review

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Hongwei Chen ◽  
Wenkai Cong ◽  
Dongcheng Xie ◽  
Shengjie Wang ◽  
Jianxing Niu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Central Nervous System Infection ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Single Institution

Risk Factors for Early Fatal Outcomes Among Children with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH): A Single-Institution Case-Series in Vietnam

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
An T. T. Dao ◽  
Van T. Luong ◽  
Tinh T. Nguyen ◽  
Quynh T. V. Huynh ◽  
Trang T. T. Phan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Single Institution

ADULT SECONDARY HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS – A CASE SERIES

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-66
Author(s):  
Athira P A ◽  
Indumathi K DCP ◽  
Theranirajan Theranirajan ◽  
Priyadharshini Swaminathan
Keyword(s):  
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis ◽  
Macrophage Activation ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Treatment Phase ◽  
Marrow Transplant ◽  
Allogenic Bone ◽  
Familial Form ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Antigen Removal ◽  
Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a hyper-inammatory condition that is either Familial (Primary) or Secondary to autoimmune diseases , infection, malignancy or other triggers.It is a cytokine storm syndrome where there inefcient antigen removal that leads to sustained cytokine release.It is a rare phenomenon occuring in adults that has got a specic trigger which is less documented and have a good response to steroids where as Familial form is a childhood disease due to genetic defects, both of which are life threatening and may need Allogenic bone marrow transplant. Macrophage activation syndrome is also a subtype of this entity that occurs in the treatment phase of SLE and Still's disease.We describe here 8 cases of secondary HLH, their primary triggers and treatment response.

scholarly journals Powassan virus infection: case series and literature review from a single institution

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihir Raval ◽  
Mayank Singhal ◽  
Dubert Guerrero ◽  
Augusto Alonto
Keyword(s):  
Virus Infection ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Single Institution ◽  
Powassan Virus
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