Norovirus-related chronic diarrhea in a patient treated with alemtuzumab for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ronchetti, Anne Marie ^a   Henry, Benoit ^a   Ambert Balay, Katia ^b   Pothier, Pierre ^b   Decroocq, Justine ^a   Leblond, Véronique ^a   Roos Weil, Damien ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alemtuzumab; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Diarrhea; Immunosuppression; Norovirus

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RITUXIMAB; VORICONAZOLE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTEREMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS LOAD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; GASTROENTERITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; NOROVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 84900310793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-239     Document Type: Article

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