GASTROENTERITIS DUE TO ADENOVIRUS TYPE-41 IN AN ADULT WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA

Authors
SCHOFIELD KP MORRIS DJ BAILEY AS DEJONG JC CORBITT G
Citation
Kp. Schofield et al., GASTROENTERITIS DUE TO ADENOVIRUS TYPE-41 IN AN ADULT WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA, Clinical infectious diseases, 19(2), 1994, pp. 311-312
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
311 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1994)19:2<311:GDTATI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We describe a case of gastroenteritis due to adenovirus type 41 that l asted for 46 days (until the patient's death) in a 56-year-old woman w ith terminal B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Adenovirus particles were detected by electron microscopy in five stool specimens collecte d between 5 and 39 days after the onset of the diarrheal illness. The virus was identified as adenovirus type 41 by viral neutralization tes ts and other assays. We discuss the potential pathogenicity of subgenu s F adenoviruses in immunocompromised patients.