Phantom cytomegalovirus infection in vasculitis patients: what it means and what to do
| dc.contributor.author | Katsanos, K. H. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Kostoula, A. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Katopodis, K. P. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Siamopoulos, K. C. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-24T18:59:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-24T18:59:08Z | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0172-8172 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/19345 | |
| dc.rights | Default Licence | - |
| dc.subject | Antibodies, Viral/blood | en |
| dc.subject | Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use | en |
| dc.subject | Cytomegalovirus/*immunology/isolation & purification | en |
| dc.subject | Cytomegalovirus Infections/blood/complications/*drug therapy | en |
| dc.subject | DNA, Viral/*blood | en |
| dc.subject | Ganciclovir/therapeutic use | en |
| dc.subject | Humans | en |
| dc.subject | Immunoglobulin M | en |
| dc.subject | Polymerase Chain Reaction | en |
| dc.subject | Treatment Outcome | en |
| dc.subject | Vasculitis/*complications/drug therapy | en |
| dc.title | Phantom cytomegalovirus infection in vasculitis patients: what it means and what to do | en |
| heal.abstract | We report our experience and hypothesis on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with vasculitis who are simultaneously diagnosed with serum-positive cytomegalovirus (CMV) immunoglobulin (Ig)M antibodies and negative CMV DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR). It remains unknown how to treat this kind of "phantom" CMV infection. In a patient diagnosed with Henoch-Schonlein vasculitis, CMV IgM titers were increased while angiitis and renal function deteriorated. Empiric treatment of phantom CMV infection with ganciclovir in this CMV IgM-positive and PCR-negative patient resulted in complete vasculitis remission, serum CMV antibody seroconversion, and renal function improvement. These results imply something more than coincidence. | en |
| heal.access | campus | - |
| heal.fullTextAvailability | TRUE | - |
| heal.identifier.primary | 10.1007/s00296-004-0522-5 | - |
| heal.identifier.secondary | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15503030 | - |
| heal.identifier.secondary | http://www.springerlink.com/content/54lvgywkyxn74eqy/fulltext.pdf | - |
| heal.journalName | Rheumatol Int | en |
| heal.journalType | peer-reviewed | - |
| heal.language | en | - |
| heal.publicationDate | 2005 | - |
| heal.recordProvider | Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής | el |
| heal.type | journalArticle | - |
| heal.type.el | Άρθρο Περιοδικού | el |
| heal.type.en | Journal article | en |
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