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Tuberculosis associated haemophagocytic syndrome: two cases with a favourable outcome
I Quiquandon1, I Plantier, P Y Hatron
1Département d'Hématologie, Hôpital Sud, Amiens, France.
Nouvelle Revue Francaise D'Hematologie
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Haemophagocytic syndrome is a heterogenous disease characterized by disordered macrophage activation associated with viral, bacterial or parasitic infection. The few reports of haemophagocytosis occurring in the presence of mycobacterial infection show a high mortality rate and we present two further cases notable for their favourable issue. Rapidity of diagnosis and immediate treatment could explain the avoidance of a fatal outcome.