Fulminant Japanese Spotted Fever Associated with Hypercytokinemia

We report a patient with Japanese spotted fever caused by Rickettsia japonica who developed shock associated with hypercytokinemia. Elevated levels of cytokines (macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin 1 beta, interleukin 10, and gamma interferon) decreased rapidly after a combination trea...

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Main Authors: Iwasaki, Hiromichi, Mahara, Fumihiko, Takada, Nobuhiro, Fujita, Hiromi, Ueda, Takanori
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2001
Subjects:
Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88141/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11376087
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.39.6.2341-2343.2001
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