Scrub typhus with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a 3-month-old child from a tertiary care hospital of Odisha

• Main Authors: Sanjay Kumar Sahu, Jyoti Ranjan Behera, Sushrith Kumar Yadav
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Public Health
• Subjects: hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; infant; scrub typhus
• Online Access: http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2021;volume=65;issue=1;spage=85;epage=86;aulast=Sahu

Scrub typhus is one of the re-emerging infectious diseases in India, whereas hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) results from an uncontrolled and ineffective hyperinflammatory response to a variety of triggers. HLH is categorized into primary and secondary type with infection being one of the leading causes of secondary HLH. Here, we report a case of 3-month-old girl diagnosed with scrub typhus associated with secondary HLH as both the age of presentation and the association are rarely reported in literature.