Cytomegalovirus appendicitis following acute Epstein-Barr virus infection in an immunocompetent patient

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 505-507

  Kanafani, Z A ^a   Sharara, A I ^a   Shabb, N S ^a   Kanj, S S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SORE THROAT; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE;

EID: 4143118910     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020271     Document Type: Article

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