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    WCN23-0714 ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY SECONDARY TO HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS SYNDROME AS A PRESENTATION OF HIV INFECTION: CASE REPORT
    (Elsevier BV, 2023) L. Rizo Topete; Paola Borbolla-Flores; C. Cortéz; E. Pérez-Alba; J.F. Moreno De Hoyos; Leonardo Rodríguez-Reyes; Rolando Claure-Del Granado
    Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an aggressive and life-threatening syndrome of excessive immune activation, it characterizes by abnormal activation of macrophages and T cells that causes cytokine storm, with high morbidity and mortality. HLH is associated with autoimmune diseases, infections, malignancy, immunosuppression, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HLH has a high risk of progression to multi-organ disfunction syndrome (MODS) including acute kidney injury (AKI).HLH usually presents as an acute or subacute febrile illness associated with multiple organ involvement.