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What is your approach to treatment of infection-triggered HLH that does not respond to treatment of the underlying infection?

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay

The algorithm our center follows is to

  1. Recognize hyperinflammation (see answer to question above -- in addition to baseline labs, we obtain an infectious disease consult)
  2. Look for and treat the trigger. A concern, if the patient is responding, is that we are missing a trigger (HLH does not occur sp...

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Hematology · Harvard Medical School

Patients with infection-triggered HLH often require HLH therapy alongside treatment of the underlying infection, especially herpesvirus infections. Patients with infection-related HLH who are extremely ill with organ failure and severe symptoms usually require upfront HLH treatment along with treatm...

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