Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: Five patients with hemophagocytic syndrome

Fisgin N. T., Fisgin T., Tanyel E., Doganci L., Tulek N., Guler N., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY, vol.83, no.1, pp.73-76, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 83 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/ajh.20969
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.73-76
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Three pediatric and two adult Turkish patients with Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) induced hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) were admitted to Ondokuz Mayis University Hospital, which is in the Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey. All of them had remarkable hemophagocytosis in the bone marrow with severe bleeding symptoms along with the other known clinical and laboratory findings of CCHF. We would like to present these patients and to discuss the pathophysiology and the effect of acquired HPS on the severity of the disease.