Severe hepatitis associated with an echovirus 18 infection in an immune-compromised adult

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 684-687

  Lefterova, Martina I ^a   Rivetta, Claudia ^a   George, Tracy I ^a   Pinsky, Benjamin A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; RAPAMYCIN;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHO VIRUS; FEVER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OLIGURIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84873033161     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02405-12     Document Type: Article

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