Prompt treatment of disseminated HSV‐2 infection in a patient with compromised cellular immunity: A case of aborted hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis?

Antonios Tsimpidakis; Dimitrios Tsilingiris; Eleni Remountaki; Eftychia Zouridaki; Dimitrios Rigopoulos; Electra Nicolaidou

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2961

Clinical Case Reports (Sep 2020)

Prompt treatment of disseminated HSV‐2 infection in a patient with compromised cellular immunity: A case of aborted hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis?

Antonios Tsimpidakis,
Dimitrios Tsilingiris,
Eleni Remountaki,
Eftychia Zouridaki,
Dimitrios Rigopoulos,
Electra Nicolaidou

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Antonios Tsimpidakis: 1st Department of Dermatology and Venereology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine “Andreas Syggros” Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases Athens Greece
Dimitrios Tsilingiris: 1st Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine “Laiko” General Hospital Athens Greece
Eleni Remountaki: 1st Department of Dermatology and Venereology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine “Andreas Syggros” Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases Athens Greece
Eftychia Zouridaki: 1st Department of Dermatology and Venereology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine “Andreas Syggros” Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases Athens Greece
Dimitrios Rigopoulos: 1st Department of Dermatology and Venereology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine “Andreas Syggros” Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases Athens Greece
Electra Nicolaidou: 1st Department of Dermatology and Venereology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine “Andreas Syggros” Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases Athens Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2961
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 9
pp. 1628 – 1630

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Abstract Recognition of unusual manifestations such as disseminated HSV or HSV‐related hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis among individuals with impaired cellular immunity and prompt treatment initiation are essential for a favorable outcome.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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