Primary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (Chédiak-Higashi Syndrome) triggered by acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in a six-week-old infant

Br J Haematol. 2021 Oct;195(2):198-200. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17669. Epub 2021 Jul 22.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Elisabeth Children`s Hospital, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
² Division of Paediatric Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Institute for Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Chediak-Higashi; SARS-CoV-2; infant; primary HLH.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / physiopathology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / physiopathology
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / virology*
Male
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification

Grants and funding

SFB1160/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft