Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with Epstein Barr virus and Leishmania donovani coinfection in a child from Cyprus

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Sep;30(9):704-7. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31816916f6.

Abstract

We present a case of a 9-month-old girl from Cyprus with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with Epstein Barr virus and Leishmania donovani coinfection. Treatment with liposomal amphotericin B resulted in a dramatic resolution of clinical and laboratory abnormalities. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a coinfection-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and the first clinical report of visceral leishmaniasis infection in Europe by L. donovani.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Cyprus
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications
  • Female
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leishmania donovani*
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / complications
  • Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / parasitology*
  • Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / virology*

Substances

  • Amphotericin B