Chronic diarrhea associated with persistent norovirus excretion in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Report of two cases

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Capizzi, Todd ^a   Makari Judson, Grace ^a   Steingart, Richard ^a   Mertens, Wilson C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE PLUS DIPHENOXYLATE; COLESTYRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LOPERAMIDE; MESALAZINE; NITAZOXANIDE; OCTREOTIDE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; THERAPY RESISTANCE; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FATALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

DIARRHEA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 79955967183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-131     Document Type: Article

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