Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis.
| Autor: | Alqasim AMZ; Department of Hematology Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Muscat Oman., Kariyattil R; Department of Surgery Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Muscat Oman. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Clinical case reports [Clin Case Rep] 2021 May 15; Vol. 9 (5), pp. e04294. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 15 (Print Publication: 2021). |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ccr3.4294 |
| Abstrakt: | Hemophagocytosis is usually observed in bone marrow. But it can be an incidental finding in other body fluids in severe infections like cerebrospinal fluid in case of meningitis. Clinicians need to rule out primary type of hemophagocytic syndrome. Competing Interests: None declared. (© 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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