Infectious Diseases Evaluation of the Child With Suspected Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Autor: Deza Leon, Maria, Otto, William R, Danziger-Isakov, Lara, Kumar, Ashish, Scaggs Huang, Felicia
Zdroj: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society; March 2024, Vol. 13 Issue: 3 p220-227, 8p
Abstrakt: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a syndrome of excessive and maladaptive inflammation. In this review, we discuss how the clinical and laboratory features of HLH overlap with infection and propose a diagnostic and treatment strategy to identify patients with infections mimicking HLH.
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