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. 2015 Feb 10;2015:491567. doi: 10.1155/2015/491567

Table 3.

Etiologies associated with secondary HLH.

Malignancy
 Hematologic Lymphoma, multiple myeloma, ALL
 Nonhematologic Prostate cancer, lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma
Autoimmune disease Systemic juvenile, SLE, Kawasaki disease, seronegative spondyloarthropathies
Infection
 Bacterial Coxiella burnetii, Staphylococcus aureus, Campylobacter spp., Chlamydia spp., Legionella spp., Mycobacterium spp., Mycoplasma spp., Salmonella spp., Brucella spp., Ehrlichia spp., Borrelia spp., Clostridium spp., Listeria spp.
 Fungal Candida spp., Cryptococcus spp., Histoplasma spp., Pneumocystis spp., Aspergillus spp., Fusarium spp.
 Parasitic Plasmodium spp., Toxoplasma spp., Babesia spp., Strongyloides spp., Leishmania spp.
 Viral Herpes virus (EBV, CMV, HHV-8, HSV), HIV, HTLV, HAV, HBV, HCV, HEV, Influenza, mumps, measles, rubella, dengue, hantavirus, parvovirus B19, enterovirus

ALL: acute lymphocytic leukemia; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; EBV: Epstein-Barr virus; CMV: cytomegalovirus; HHV-8: human herpesvirus 8; HSV: herpes simplex virus; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; HTLV: human T-lymphotropic virus; HAV: hepatitis A virus; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; HEV: hepatitis E virus.