A Case of Murine Typhus Presenting With Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

We report the case of a 39-year-old man for whom murine typhus was diagnosed with serological evaluation and HLH was diagnosed via bone marrow biopsy and other studies. Although HLH has been previously described with scrub typhus, and iron overload has been described with murine typhus infection, our case represents the first report of HLH diagnosed concurrently with a murine typhus infection.
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research