Severe cytomegalovirus infections in immunocompetent patients at admission as dengue mimic: Successful treatment with intravenous ganciclovir

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 920-922

  Tirumala, Suhasini ^a   Behera, Bijayini ^a   Lingala, Shilpa ^a   Kumar, B Vijay ^a   Mishra, Pradeep Kumar ^a   Gurunath, J M ^a   HariCharan, ^a   Kartik, ^a   Naresh, ^a  

^a Yashoda Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Dengue; Ganciclovir; Immunosuppression; Mimicking

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DENGUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869032351     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60173-4     Document Type: Article

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