Cytomegalovirus reactivation after low-dose steroid treatment for hemolytic anemia in a patient with primary Epstein-Barr virus infection

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 13-14, 2007, Pages 435-437

  Troselj Vukic, Biserka ^a   Milotic, Irena ^b,d   Milotic, Franko ^a   Crnic Martinovic, Marija ^a   Grahovac, Blazenka ^c  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b General Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d General Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus reactivation; Epstein Barr mononucleosis; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONONUCLEOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 34548410099     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0821-4     Document Type: Article

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