Acute respiratory failure and cerebral hemorrhage due to primary Epstein-Barr virus infection

Respiration

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-422

  Gautschi, O ^a   Berger, C ^b   Gubler, J ^a   Laube, I ^a,c  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Epstein Barr virus infection; Pneumonitis; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THORACOCENTESIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141649511     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072908     Document Type: Article

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