A nearly fatal primary Epstein-Barr virus infection associated with low NK-cell counts in a patient receiving azathioprine: a case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Symptomatic primary Epstein-Barr virus infection is a usually self-limiting illness in adolescents. We present a case of an adolescent who had been receiving azathioprine for inflammatory bowel disease for four years and developed a life-threatening primary Epstein-Barr virus infection s...

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Autores principales: Honkila, Minna, Niinimäki, Riitta, Taskinen, Mervi, Kuismin, Outi, Kettunen, Kaisa, Saarela, Janna, Turunen, Sami, Renko, Marjo, Tapiainen, Terhi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6509764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31077135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4022-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6509764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31077135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4022-3

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