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Case Reports
. 2019 May 14:27:100854.
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100854. eCollection 2019.

A case series of endemic infections associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) mimicking severe sepsis syndrome

Venkateswara Kollipara  1 , Shahzad Hussain  1 , Domingo Franco-Palacios  1 , Umar Sofi  1
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A case series of endemic infections associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) mimicking severe sepsis syndrome

Venkateswara Kollipara et al. Respir Med Case Rep. .
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Histiocytes with intracytoplasmic RBC and WBC.
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Intracytoplasmic inclusions in the histiocytic appearing cells suspicious for Ehrlichiosis.
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(A, B, C)- Bone Marrow biopsy GMS 40x: Special stain for GMS confirmed the presence of intracellular fungi consistent with Histoplasma capsulatum (A). Bone Marrow Aspiration 40x: A macrophage with intracellular fungi consistent with Histoplasma capsulatum (B). Histiocyte containing erythrocytes, lymphocytes, and a microorganism consistent with Histoplasma capsulatum (C).
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