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ArticleRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo2020

Fatal murine typhus with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a child.

Victor Federico Leal-López, Juan J Arias-León, Álvaro A Faccini-Martínez, Cesar Lugo-Caballero, Carlos Quiñones-Vega, José M Erosa-Gonzalez, Karla Rossanet Dzul-Rosado

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Article in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia typhi in hospitalized children diagnosed with Pediatric Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome in Merida, Yucatan.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Victor Federico Leal-LópezHospital General "Dr. Agustín O'Horán", División de Pediatría, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Juan J Arias-LeónUniversidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Facultad de Medicina, Unidad Interinstitucional de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Álvaro A Faccini-MartínezAsociación Colombiana de Infectología, Comité de Medicina Tropical, Zoonosis y Medicina del Viajero, Bogotá, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1127-0132
Cesar Lugo-CaballeroUniversidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Laboratorio de Enfermedades Emergentes y Reemergentes, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Carlos Quiñones-VegaHospital General "Dr. Agustín O'Horán", División de Pediatría, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
José M Erosa-GonzalezHospital General "Dr. Agustín O'Horán", Departamento de Patología, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
Karla Rossanet Dzul-RosadoUniversidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Laboratorio de Enfermedades Emergentes y Reemergentes, Mérida, Yucatán, México.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3729-3797
Autonomous University of Yucatán · MXHospital Universitario San Agustín · ESAsociación Colombiana de Infectología · CO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a rare complication in Rickettsia typhi infections. We report the case of a 2-year-old boy with sudden night-onset fever, pallor, neck adenopathy and erythematous macular rash on the thorax, thighs and buttocks. During admission, he developed hyponatremia, hypoalbuminemia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, neutropenia, liver damage, hemorrhages and persistent fever. No hematological improvement was observed after the initial management, neoplastic diseases were discarded by bone marrow aspiration and lymph node biopsy; hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis was diagnosed. By immunohistochemistry and indirect immunofluorescence, murine typhus was also diagnosed and doxycycline was started with transitory recovery. Later, the child developed kidney failure and distributive shock that evolved to cardiac arrest and death. This is the first case report in Mexico on a fatal murine typhus associated with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in which the etiology was evidenced by histopathology.

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AnimalsBone MarrowChild, PreschoolDogsFatal OutcomeHumansLymphohistiocytosis, HemophagocyticMexicoMiceRickettsia typhiTyphus, Endemic Flea-Borne

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PMID33331518
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