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Case Reports
. 2015 Nov;93(5):1068-9.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0385. Epub 2015 Aug 31.

Typhoid Fever Complicated by Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Rhabdomyolysis

Lemuel R Non  1 , Rupa Patel  2 , Amir Esmaeeli  2 , Vladimir Despotovic  2
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Typhoid Fever Complicated by Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Rhabdomyolysis

Lemuel R Non et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Nov.

Abstract

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and rhabdomyolysis are rare complications of typhoid fever from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. Herein, we describe the clinical features in a 21-year-old female from India who presented to the intensive care unit with fever, severe pancytopenia, and rhabdomyolysis.

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