title: Tuberculosis associated haemophagocytic syndrome: two cases with a favourable outcome.
abstract: Haemophagocytic syndrome is a heterogenous disease characterized by disordered macrophage activation associated with viral, bacterial or parasitic infection. The few reports of haemophagocytosis occurring in the presence of mycobacterial infection show a high mortality rate and we present two further cases notable for their favourable issue. Rapidity of diagnosis and immediate treatment could explain the avoidance of a fatal outcome.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Hématologie, Hôpital Sud, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Quiquandon
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Plantier
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Hatron
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chassaing
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bauters
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Desablens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Devulder
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents