Chediak-Higashi syndrome: case report in afro-descendant individual

• Main Authors: Judde Lacerda Andrade Carlos (Author), Márcio Vasconcelos Oliveira (Author), Claudio Lima Souza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This is a Chediak-Higashi Syndrome (CHS) case report in afro-descendant individual, male, 3 months old, born from consanguineous union. On admission he had fever for a month, unresolved pneumonia, and hepatosplenomegaly. He evolved to bacterial sepsis, septic shock, and death. CHS presents quantitat...