| Literature DB >> 16628717 |
Elisabetta Calistri1, Mario Tiribelli, Marta Battista, Angela Michelutti, Mario Corbellino, Pierluigi Viale, Renato Fanin, Daniela Damiani.
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and reactivation is an increasing complication in immune deficient patients, particularly after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Therapy with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is associated with higher incidence of EBV-related disease in HSCT patients, but this risk is not documented in patients receiving ATG for severe aplastic anemia (SAA). We describe the case of a patient who developed an EBV infection, with the clinical features of an infectious mononucleosis, after immune suppression with cyclosporine and two courses of ATG for SAA. 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16628717 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20560
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Hematol ISSN: 0361-8609 Impact factor: 10.047