[Acute cytomegalovirus infection-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in a patient treated with azathioprine]. / Azathioprin adása mellett kialakult haemophagocytosis szindrómával szövodött akut cytomegalovirus-fertozés.

The authors present the case of a 21-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis. Azathioprine treatment was complicated with pancytopenia and septic shock. Acute cytomegalovirus infection related to the immunosuppressive therapy, resulting in hemophagocytosis syndrome and neutropenic fever was diagnosed. Recovery was achieved by the administration of parenteral ganciclovir, broad spectrum antibiotic and complex intensive care.