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Case Reports
. 2005 Apr;44(4):342-5.
doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.342.

Virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in an international traveler as a differential diagnosis of SARS

Hiroshi Ishii  1 , Satomi Asai, Takayoshi Suzuki, Kenji Eguchi, Hayato Miyachi
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Case Reports

Virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in an international traveler as a differential diagnosis of SARS

Hiroshi Ishii et al. Intern Med. 2005 Apr.
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Abstract

During the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2003, a 27-year- old Japanese woman presented a high fever and acute respiratory distress with pulmonary infiltrates after traveling to a high-risk area. An alternative diagnosis was made as Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome, based on the proliferation of macrophages with hemophagocytosis in the bone marrow and Epstein-Barr viral marker profiles. Virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in an international traveler should be included in the differential diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome.

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  • Hemophagocytic syndrome.
    Kumakura S. Kumakura S. Intern Med. 2005 Apr;44(4):278-80. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.278. Intern Med. 2005. PMID: 15897634 No abstract available.

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