Chronic norovirus infection in a transplant patient successfully treated with enterally administered immune globulin

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 306-308

  Chagla, Zain ^a   Quirt, Jaclyn ^a   Woodward, Kevin ^a   Neary, John ^a   Rutherford, Candace ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic norovirus; Immunoglobulin; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLESTYRAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LOPERAMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUTROPHILIA; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL TUBE; VIRAL CLEARANCE;

EID: 84881482445     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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