Acute acalculous cholecystitis as the initial presentation of primary Epstein-Barr virus infection

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Prassouli, Alexia ^a   Panagiotou, John ^a   Vakaki, Marina ^b   Giannatou, Irene ^a   Atilakos, Achilleas ^a   Garoufi, Anastasia ^a   Papaevangelou, Vassiliki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute acalculous cholecystitis; EBV; Epstein Barr virus; Infectious mononucleosis

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHOLESTASIS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 33845934991     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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