Clinical Features of Severe Tsutsugamushi Disease Complicated with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
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Keywords

Tsutsugamushi disease
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

DOI

10.26689/par.v5i5.2510

Submitted : 2021-08-31
Accepted : 2021-09-15
Published : 2021-09-30

Abstract

The article discusses a case of severe tsutsugamushi disease complicated with hemophagocytic syndrome in Guangdong Maternal and Child Health Hospital and concludes that blood purification technology has significant therapeutic effect among children with severe HLH complicated with multiple organ dysfunction.

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