Fatal case of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with group B streptococcus sepsis
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Sepsis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a splenectomized patient for spherocytosis
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0025-7974,1536-5964
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000012210