Cytomegalovirus colitis associated with arterial thromboembolism in an immunocompetent elderly man

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 405-406

  Justo, Dan ^a   Danylesko, Alexander ^a   Shvedov, Victor ^a   Katzir, Michal ^a   Paran, Yael ^a   Atzmony, Lihi ^b   Kemelman, Polina ^a   Lerman, Yaffa ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENOXAPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; SPLENIC INFARCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75749112534     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02710.x     Document Type: Letter

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