Encephalitis, acute renal failure, and acute hepatitis triggered by a viral infection in an immunocompetent young adult: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Cytomegalovirus generally causes self-limited, mild and asymptomatic infections in immunocompetent patients. An aggressive course in immunocompetent healthy patients is unusual. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of an immunocompetent 16-year-old Egyptian boy with encephalitis, acut...

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Autores principales: Khattab, Mahmoud Aboelneen, Eslam, Mohammed, Abd-elfattah, Mohammed Emad
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-9289
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Cytomegalovirus generally causes self-limited, mild and asymptomatic infections in immunocompetent patients. An aggressive course in immunocompetent healthy patients is unusual. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of an immunocompetent 16-year-old Egyptian boy with encephalitis, acute renal failure, and acute hepatitis triggered by viral infection with a complete recovery following antiviral treatment. CONCLUSION: We believe that this case adds to the understanding of the molecular biology, clinical presentation and increasing index of suspicion of many viral infections.

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