Epstein-Barr virus infected natural killer cell lymphoma in a patient with hypersensitivity to mosquito bite

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Cho, Jae Hoon ^a   Kim, Hyung Seok ^b   Ko, Young Hyeh ^c   Park, Chang Soo ^b  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus infection; Hypersensitivity to mosquito bite; Natural killer cell leukaemia lymphoma; Tokura Ishihara disease

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MOSQUITO; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RNA PROBE; TOKURA ISHIHARA DISEASE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY; CULICIDAE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; ETOPOSIDE; GLYOXAL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IFOSFAMIDE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PREDNIMUSTINE; SKIN;

EID: 33744516284     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.08.035     Document Type: Article

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