Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with an infection


Neutropenia

An abnormally low number of neutrophils in the peripheral blood.


Total: 2

                      


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PMID (PMCID)
11953777
FEMALE Infant
Clinicopathological aspects of Chediak-Higashi syndrome in the accelerated phase.
Shome DK, Al-Mukharraq H, Mahdi N, Ameen G, Farid E.
Saudi Med J. 2002;23(4):464-6.
This female infant presented with a fever, marked neutropenia, large cytoplasmic granules in leukocytes and a constellation of features that suggested a virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome.
1700601
MALE
G-CSF enhanced granulocyte production in a child with severe neutropenia in the setting of fatal virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome.
Azuma E, Tabata N, Shibata T, Komada Y, Ito M, Atsumi S, Kawasaki Y, Ishii M, Sakurai M.
Am J Hematol. 1990;35(4):266-8.
A 14-year-old boy with fatal varicella zoster virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome (VAHS) was treated with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) based on the finding that the patient had severe neutropenia and possible bacterial superinfection.