Hemophagocytic Syndrome Associated with Herpes Virus 8 and Multicentric Castleman Diseases in A HIV-Negative Patient

Authors : Arturo González Raya, Eva Martín Salido, Miguel Cantero Sánchez, Gonzalo Callejón Martín, María L Hortas Nieto

Pages : 202-206

Doi:10.5799/jmid.369272

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Publication Date : 2017-12-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The Hemophagocytic syndrome insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HS); is a very rare and aggressive disorder characterized by strong immunological activation of the mononuclear phagocyte system sometimes triggered by viral infections such as Epstein-Barr Virus. Castleman disease is a heterogeneous group of lymphoproliferative disorders associated in some cases with the human immunodeficiency virus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HIV); and human Herpes Virus 8 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HHV-8);. The association of HHV-8, Multicentric Castleman Disease insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MCD); and Hemophagocytic Syndrome is extremely rare. There are very few reported cases in literature, mostly in HIV positive elderly patients with fatal prognosis.We report a case of Hemophagocytic syndrome, HHV-8 and MCD on an HIV negative young adult. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 7insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(4);:202-206
Keywords : Hemophagocytic syndrome, Multicentric Castleman Disease, Herpes virus 8, HIV