Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to presumed congenital tuberculosis in a neonate

J Paediatr Child Health. 2019 Aug;55(8):988-992. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14393. Epub 2019 Feb 18.

Authors

Narinder Kaur¹, Philip N Britton^{2

3}, David Isaacs^{2

3}, Joanne Ging⁴, Dianne E Campbell^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of General Medicine, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 30779259
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14393

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / diagnosis
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / etiology*
Male
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications*