Overwhelming primary Epstein-Barr virus infection requiring corticosteroid treatment

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  De Gouberville, Marije Gordinou ^a,b   Janssen, Martien ^a   Schrander van Der Meer, Anita ^a   Eefting, Matthijs ^c   Delfos, Nathalie ^a   Van Nieuwkoop, Cees ^d  

^a RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Ligula Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; D DIMER; FERRITIN; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DETERIORATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PANCYTOPENIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; POSITIONAL DIZZINESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SOMNOLENCE; SYNCOPE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRAL CLEARANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80055101485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.08.2011.4643     Document Type: Article

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