Epstein-Barr virus-related diarrhea or exacerbation of inflammatory bowel disease: Diagnostic dilemma

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1588-1590

  Weinberg, Ido ^a   Neuman, Tzahi ^a   Margalit, Maya ^a   Ayman, Fadeela ^a   Wolf, Dana G ^a   Ben Yehuda, Arie ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; MESALAZINE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENTERITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; COLON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 66149115671     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02477-08     Document Type: Article

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