Reactive haemophagocytic syndrome in a patient with adult-onset Still's disease: beta-lactams as trigger?

Infection. 2014 Feb;42(1):227-8. doi: 10.1007/s15010-013-0548-2. Epub 2013 Nov 10.

Authors

F Mearelli¹, P Vinci, M Gigli, C Casarsa, G Biolo

Affiliation

¹ Internal Medicine Division, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy, filippome@libero.it.

PMID: 24214126
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0548-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / chemically induced*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / diagnosis*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / pathology
Oxacillin / adverse effects
Oxacillin / therapeutic use
Skin / pathology
Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / complications*
Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / diagnosis*
Still's Disease, Adult-Onset / drug therapy
beta-Lactams / adverse effects*
beta-Lactams / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
beta-Lactams
Oxacillin