ACUTE EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS INFECTION COMPLICATED BY SEVERE THROMBOCYTOPENIA

Authors
PIPP ML MEANS ND SIXBEY JW MORRIS KL GUE CL BADDOUR LM
Citation
Ml. Pipp et al., ACUTE EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS INFECTION COMPLICATED BY SEVERE THROMBOCYTOPENIA, Clinical infectious diseases, 25(5), 1997, pp. 1237-1239
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
25
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1237 - 1239
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1997)25:5<1237:AEICBS>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We describe one patient with acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection associated with severe thrombocytopenia and review 36 additional cases reported in the literature. Complications of EBV infection due to sev ere thrombocytopenia occurred in 10 (27.0%) of 37 patients, and 2 (5.4 %) of 37 patients died. Although acute EBV infections are generally be nign and self-limiting, thrombocytopenia, a potentially serious compli cation, should not be overlooked.