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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
卷 165, 期 1, 页码 147-+出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.03.047
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- Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung [01EO0803]
- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research of the Universitatsklinikum Erlangen [A61]
Objectives To describe characteristics of visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) with focus on diagnostic clues and pitfalls, including the frequency of central nervous system (CNS) involvement, and to determine the efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB). Study design We retrospectively analyzed clinical and laboratory features, diagnostic procedures, and treatment of 13 patients with HLH with imported visceral leishmaniasis, reported to the German HLH reference center (1999-2012). Results The spectrum of presentations was indistinguishable from patients with hereditary HLH or with acquired HLH because of infections with other pathogens. In 8 patients, disease onset occurred before the age of 2 years, coinciding with the typical age of manifestation of primary HLH. Two patients had mild nonspecific CNS findings. Misleading antiviral IgM (n = 6) and autoantibodies (n = 2) led to inaccurate interpretation of the etiology of HLH, sometimes with inappropriate therapeutic consequences. False negative results for Leishmania were obtained by initial bone marrow microscopy in 6/13, serology in 1/12, bone marrow culture in 2/5, and polymerase chain reaction of peripheral blood in 1/3 patients, and all bone marrow samples tested were Leishmania-positive by polymerase chain reaction (n = 7). L-AmB was administered to 12 patients, 5 of whom had no prior HLH-directed immunosuppressive therapy; sodium stibogluconate was administered to 1 patient. Persistent remission was achieved in 11 cases. Two patients required repeated or prolonged L-AmB therapy. Conclusions Awareness of diagnostic pitfalls may save patients from unnecessary toxic treatment. CNS involvement is rare. L-AmB shows efficacy in visceral leishmaniasis-associated HLH.
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