Prolonged fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia in a 46-year-old woman

Liran Levy and colleagues discuss the differential diagnosis, investigation, and management of a 46-year-old woman with fever, weakness, night sweats, and weight loss.

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS medicine 2009-04, Vol.6 (4), p.e1000053
Hauptverfasser:	Levy, Liran, Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed, Rav-Acha, Moshe, Kedmi, Meirav, Rund, Deborah, Gatt, Moshe E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenal Cortex Hormones - adverse effects Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use Amphotericin B - therapeutic use Animals Communicable Diseases - diagnosis Cyclosporine - adverse effects Cyclosporine - therapeutic use Diagnosis, Differential Female Fever - etiology Hematology Hepatomegaly - etiology Humans Immunosuppressive Agents - adverse effects Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use Infectious Diseases Learning Forum Leishmania infantum - immunology Leishmania infantum - isolation & purification Leishmaniasis, Visceral - complications Leishmaniasis, Visceral - diagnosis Leishmaniasis, Visceral - drug therapy Liposomes Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic - complications Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic - diagnosis Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic - drug therapy Macrophages - parasitology Middle Aged Neoplasms - diagnosis Opportunistic Infections - complications Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis Opportunistic Infections - immunology Opportunistic Infections - parasitology Pancytopenia - etiology Polymerase Chain Reaction Splenomegaly - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Liran Levy and colleagues discuss the differential diagnosis, investigation, and management of a 46-year-old woman with fever, weakness, night sweats, and weight loss.
ISSN:	1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pmed.1000053