A CASE OF HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME MODIFIED BY MEASLES INFECTION

The authors reported a case of hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS), modified by measles infection. The patient was a 13-month-old female. She had a continuous fever of HPS. With a rash of measles appeared on the 21st day, nowerer, the fever disappeared 4 days later. The rash began to fade. Although she ha...

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Published inJapanese Journal of National Medical Services Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 476 - 479
Main Authors KANADANI, Tomohisa, FUKUHARA, Shin-ichi, KOYAMA, Teruhisa, MURAKAMI, Motomasa, FUJIMOTO, Yoshio
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japanese Society of National Medical Services 1995
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hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS)
immunity
measles
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Summary:The authors reported a case of hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS), modified by measles infection. The patient was a 13-month-old female. She had a continuous fever of HPS. With a rash of measles appeared on the 21st day, nowerer, the fever disappeared 4 days later. The rash began to fade. Although she had been stationary for a while, a fever developed on the 45th day after the onset of the rash. Soon she showed a progressive multiple organ failure with pancytopenia and disseminated intravascular coagulation, and died in spite of conservative therapy. We discussed an association between meases infection and HPS.
ISSN:0021-1699
1884-8729
DOI:10.11261/iryo1946.49.476