Fatal disseminated cytomegalovirus infection in an infant with cushing's syndrome caused by topical steroid

Hormone Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-38

  Güven, Ayla ^a   Karadeniz, Sule ^a   Aydin, Oguz ^a   Akbalik, Mehtap ^a   Aydin, Murat ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clobetasol propionate; Cushing's syndrome; Cytomegalovirus infection; Fatty liver

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; IMIPENEM; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAPER DERMATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; MOON FACE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CLOBETASOL; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 23944461516     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087288     Document Type: Article

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