Fatal haemolytic uraemic syndrome in an AIDS patient with disseminated adenovirus and cytomegalovirus co-infection

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-40

  Francisci, Daniela ^a   Marroni, Massimo ^a   Morosi, Sabrina ^a   Canovari, Benedetta ^a   Belfiori, Barbara ^a   Stagni, Giuliano ^a   Baldelli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Cytomegalovirus; Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome; HIV

Indexed keywords

DIDANOSINE; LOPINAVIR; RITONAVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GIANT CELL; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; COLITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTERITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 33745217383     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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