(1) Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan;(2) Niigata Prefectural Senami Hospital, 2-4-15 Senami-onsen, Murakami, Niigata, 958-0037, Japan
Abstract:
Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is an uncommon but severe illness associated with a variety of infections, malignant tumors, and autoimmune diseases. We report a case of infection-associated HPS in a patient receiving chronic hemodialysis. Peptostreptococcus-induced sepsis and abscess formation in the left iliopsoas muscle led to the onset of infection-associated HPS in this patient. The patient had diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease, and it is likely that immunological dysfunctions from these disorders played a part in the onset of both severe bacterial infections and HPS.