Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis

Alauldeen Mudhafar Zubair Alqasim; Rajeev Kariyattil

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4294

Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis

Alauldeen Mudhafar Zubair Alqasim^*, Rajeev Kariyattil

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Abstract

Hemophagocytosis is usually observed in bone marrow. But it can be an incidental finding in other body fluids in severe infections like cerebrospinal fluid in case of meningitis. Clinicians need to rule out primary type of hemophagocytic syndrome.

Original language	English
Article number	e04294
Journal	Clinical Case Reports
Volume	9
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4294
Publication status	Published - May 2021

Keywords

CSF
hemophagocytosis
meningitis

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Medicine(all)

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