Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent adult: A case report

Acute Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 197-199

  Barclay, Amanda ^a   Naseer, R ^a   McGann, H ^a   Clifton, I ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Immunocompetent; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG INFILTRATE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; X RAY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 82855181956     PISSN: 17474884     EISSN: 17474892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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