Tuberculosis-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adolescent diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Ju-Hee Seo (مؤلف), Jun Ah Lee (مؤلف), Dong Ho Kim (مؤلف), Joongbum Cho (مؤلف), Jung Sub Lim (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Korean Pediatric Society, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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We present a case of tuberculosis-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a 14-year-old girl. The patient presented with weight loss, malaise, fatigue, prolonged fever, and generalized lymphadenopathy. Laboratory investigation revealed pancytopenia (white blood cells, 2,020 cells/µL; hemogl...