Extremely severe thrombocytopenia in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts as a consequence of cytomegalovirus infection.

Autor: Mastroianni A; Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Annunziata Hub Hospital, Cosenza, Italy., Greco S; Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Annunziata Hub Hospital, Cosenza, Italy., Vangeli V; Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Annunziata Hub Hospital, Cosenza, Italy., Mauro MV; Microbiology and Virology Unit, Annunziata Hub Hospital, Cosenza, Italy., Greco F; Microbiology and Virology Unit, Annunziata Hub Hospital, Cosenza, Italy., Manfredi R; Infectious Diseases, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Recenti progressi in medicina [Recenti Prog Med] 2023 Nov; Vol. 114 (11), pp. 687-691.
DOI: 10.1701/4133.41273
Abstrakt: Two recent cases of extremely severe thrombocytopenic purpura related to a concomitant cytomegalovirus infection, either associated or not with an underlying immunosuppression, draw our attention on this intriguing pathologic association, on the ground of an updated literature review.
Databáze: MEDLINE