Cytomegalovirus immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome manifesting as acute appendicitis in an HIV-infected patient

BACKGROUND: Appendicitis occurs with increased frequency in HIV infected compared to HIV uninfected persons. CMV-related appendicitis specifically presents with typical appendicitis symptoms including surgical abdomen, fever and leukocytosis and may have a more severe course with higher mortality th...

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Autores principales: Faldetta, Kimberly F, Kattakuzhy, Sarah, Wang, Hao-Wei, Sereti, Irini, Sheikh, Virginia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-313

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-313

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