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  • Title: A child case of haemophagocytic syndrome associated with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis.
    Author: Numata K, Tsutsumi H, Wakai S, Tachi N, Chiba S.
    Journal: J Infect; 1998 Jan; 36(1):118-9. PubMed ID: 9515682.
    Abstract:
    A previously healthy 12-year-old Japanese girl developed meningoencephalitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans. During the course of her illness she suffered persistent high fever, severe pancytopenia, hypercytokinemia and liver dysfunction. Laboratory findings, including results of a bone marrow examination, strongly indicated complication by haemophagocytic syndrome (HPS). The preceding cryptococcal infection was thought to be a cause of the HPS because no other viral or bacterial infection could be confirmed. The girl died of acute respiratory failure during the progressive course of HPS. This may be the first reported case of HPS due to cryptococcal infection in an otherwise healthy child.
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