Dobrava-Belgrade hantavirus infection mimics acute appendicitis

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-166

  Jakab, Ferenc ^a   Sebók, Judit ^a   Szántó, Zalán ^b   Hang, Dóra ^a   Imre, Marianna ^c   Németh, Viktória ^a   Madai, Mónika ^a   Oldal, Miklós ^a   Kovács, Tamás ^a   Wittmann, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c Pecs Diagnostic Center   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Dobrava Belgrade hantavirus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HANTAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; HUNGARY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78951471846     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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