Hypercytokinemia with hemophagocytic syndrome due to human metapneumovirus

Pediatr Int. 2018 Oct;60(10):974-976. doi: 10.1111/ped.13665.

Authors

Daisuke Tamura¹, Shun Inoue¹, Yuta Kawahara¹, Masaaki Mori², Takanori Yamagata¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan.
² Department of Life Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 30345702
DOI: 10.1111/ped.13665

No abstract available

Keywords: dexamethasone palmitate; human metapneumovirus; hypercytokinemia; virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cyclosporine / therapeutic use
Cytokines / blood*
Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / complications*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / diagnosis
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / drug therapy
Male
Metapneumovirus
Paramyxoviridae Infections / complications*
Paramyxoviridae Infections / diagnosis

Substances

Cytokines
Glucocorticoids
Immunosuppressive Agents
Dexamethasone
Cyclosporine