Concurrent infectious mononucleosis and measles: A potentially life-threatening association sharing underlying immunodeficiency

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 470-471

  Manfredi, Roberto ^a   Coronado, Olga V ^a   Mastroianni, Antonio ^b   Chiodo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case report; Complication; Immunodeficiency; Infectious mononucleosis; Measles; Mortality; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037910150     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200305000-00021     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Ito I, Ishida T, Hashimoto T, Arita M, Osawa M, Tsukayama C. Familial cases of severe measles pneumonia. Intern Med 2000;39:670-4.
2. Verucchi G, Attard L, Maldini M, et al. Cell-mediated immunity in infectious mononucleosis. Adv Exp Med Biol 1989;257:279-88.
3. low cell population in a boy with fatal EBV infection. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 1999;118:74-8.
4. Taga K, Taga H, Tosato G. Diagnosis of atypical cases of infectious mononucleosis. Clin Infect Dis 2001;33:83-8.
5. Fujinami RS, Sun X, Howell JM, Jenkin JC, Burns JB. Modulation of immune system function by measles virus infection: role of soluble factor and direct infection. J Virol 1998;72:9421-7.
6. Marie JC, Kehren J, Trescol-Biemont MC, et al. Mechanisms of measles virus-induced suppression of inflammatory immune responses. Immunity 2001;14:69-79.
7. + T-cell proliferation via expression of surface viral glycoproteins independently of T-cell trans-infection. Cell Immunol 2001;214:173-83.