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Reactive haemophagocytic syndrome in a patient with adult-onset Still’s disease: beta-lactams as trigger?

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  1. Internal Medicine Division, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    F. Mearelli, P. Vinci, C. Casarsa & G. Biolo

  2. Cardiovascular Department, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

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F. Mearelli, P. Vinci and M. Gigli were the clinicians involved in the management of the patient.

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Mearelli, F., Vinci, P., Gigli, M. et al. Reactive haemophagocytic syndrome in a patient with adult-onset Still’s disease: beta-lactams as trigger?. Infection 42, 227–228 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-013-0548-2

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