Fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult

Fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult

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A case of severe and irreversible pancytopenia secondary to acute primary cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent woman is described. The patient presented with thrombocytopenia, lymphopenia, anemia, and abnormal liver function tests. Treatment with corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglob...

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Main Authors: Maria Koukoulaki, Georgia Ifanti, Eirini Grispou, Vassilios Papastamopoulos, Georgia Chroni, Emmanouil Diamantopoulos, Athanasios Skoutelis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
cytomegalovirus
pancytopenia
immunocompetent
fulminant
irreversible
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000200012&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-de67c2cd318745b7ae3af8015870b2532020-11-25T03:47:26ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1678-439114218018210.1590/S1413-86702010000200012S1413-86702010000200012Fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adultMaria Koukoulaki0Georgia Ifanti1Eirini Grispou2Vassilios Papastamopoulos3Georgia Chroni4Emmanouil Diamantopoulos5Athanasios Skoutelis6Evangelismos General HospitalEvangelismos General HospitalEvangelismos General HospitalEvangelismos General HospitalEvangelismos General HospitalEvangelismos General HospitalEvangelismos General HospitalA case of severe and irreversible pancytopenia secondary to acute primary cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent woman is described. The patient presented with thrombocytopenia, lymphopenia, anemia, and abnormal liver function tests. Treatment with corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulin was ineffective in reconstituting hemopoiesis. The patient developed severe sepsis and eventually expired.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000200012&lng=en&tlng=encytomegaloviruspancytopeniaimmunocompetentfulminantirreversible
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author Maria Koukoulaki
Georgia Ifanti
Eirini Grispou
Vassilios Papastamopoulos
Georgia Chroni
Emmanouil Diamantopoulos
Athanasios Skoutelis
spellingShingle Maria Koukoulaki
Georgia Ifanti
Eirini Grispou
Vassilios Papastamopoulos
Georgia Chroni
Emmanouil Diamantopoulos
Athanasios Skoutelis
Fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
cytomegalovirus
pancytopenia
immunocompetent
fulminant
irreversible
author_facet Maria Koukoulaki
Georgia Ifanti
Eirini Grispou
Vassilios Papastamopoulos
Georgia Chroni
Emmanouil Diamantopoulos
Athanasios Skoutelis
author_sort Maria Koukoulaki
title Fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult
title_short Fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult
title_full Fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult
title_fullStr Fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult
title_full_unstemmed Fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult
title_sort fulminant pancytopenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult
publisher Elsevier
series Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1678-4391
description A case of severe and irreversible pancytopenia secondary to acute primary cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent woman is described. The patient presented with thrombocytopenia, lymphopenia, anemia, and abnormal liver function tests. Treatment with corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulin was ineffective in reconstituting hemopoiesis. The patient developed severe sepsis and eventually expired.
topic cytomegalovirus
pancytopenia
immunocompetent
fulminant
irreversible
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000200012&lng=en&tlng=en
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