Life-threatening pneumonia caused by human cytomegalovirus and Mycoplasma pneumoniae coinfection in a young, immunocompetent patient

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 980-983

  Jacobi, C A ^a,c   Riessen, R ^a   Schumacher, U ^b   Autenrieth, I B ^b   Jahn, G ^a   Gregor, M ^a   Raible, A ^a   Hamprecht, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCARIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; BLOOD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955288472     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.017988-0     Document Type: Article

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