Freeman B, Rathore M H, Salman E, Joyce M J, Pitel P
Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville.
J Pediatr. 1993 Sep;123(3):479-81. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)81761-5.
Infection-associated hemophagocytic syndrome is an unusual disease with a high mortality rate. A variety of treatment modalities have been used with limited success. We report three patients with infection-associated hemophagocytic syndrome successfully treated with intravenously administered immune globulin.