Combined hemophagocytic syndrome and thrombotic microangiopathy due to mixed infection with influenza virus and pneumococcal pneumonia

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Clin Case Rep. 2018 Nov 22;7(1):131-134. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1842. eCollection 2019 Jan.
[h=1]Combined hemophagocytic syndrome and thrombotic microangiopathy due to mixed infection with influenza virus and pneumococcal pneumonia.[/h] Ishiguro T[SUP]1[/SUP], Kojima A[SUP]1[/SUP], Shimizu T[SUP]2[/SUP], Mita N[SUP]3[/SUP], Kuroiwa S[SUP]4[/SUP], Takayanagi N[SUP]1[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Development of hemophagocytic syndrome and thrombotic microangiopathy due to community-acquired pneumonia is rare, but delayed management of these complications can lead to a poor prognosis. Infection by both Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza virus can cause these complications; thus, physicians should pay attention to them when treating influenza-associated pneumococcal pneumonia.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Streptococcus pneumoniae; atypical hemolytic‐uremic syndrome; hemophagocytic syndrome; hyperinflammatory lymphohistiocytosis; influenza; thrombotic microangiopathy

PMID: 30656026 PMCID: PMC6333073 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.1842
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