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ArticleBMC research notes2014

Myopericarditis complicated by pulmonary embolism in an immunocompetent patient with acute cytomegalovirus infection: a case report.

Yves Marie Vandamme, Alexandra Ducancelle, Loïc Biere, Nathalie Viot, Frédéric Rouleau, Valérie Delbos, Pierre Abgueguen

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Article in BMC research notes, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Risk factors of venous thrombo-embolism during cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompetent individuals. A systematic review.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yves Marie VandammeDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, 4 rue Larrey, 49933 Angers, Cedex 9, France. ymvandamme@chu-angers.fr.
Alexandra Ducancelle
Loïc Biere
Nathalie Viot
Frédéric Rouleau
Valérie Delbos
Pierre Abgueguen
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrimary acute cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompetent patients is common worldwide. Infection is most often asymptomatic or occurs sub-clinically with a self-limited mononucleosis-like syndrome. More rarely, the infection may lead to severe organ complications with pneumonia, myocarditis, pericarditis, colitis and hemolytic anemia. Recent cases of cytomegalovirus-associated thrombosis have also been reported sporadically in the medical literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We report here a case of simultaneous myopericarditis and pulmonary embolism in a 30-year-old man with no medical history. The patient was not immunocompromised. We discuss the possible role of acute cytomegalovirus infection in the induction of vascular damage and review relevant cases in the literature.

conclusionThrombosis in patients with acute cytomegalovirus infection may be more frequent than is generally thought. Physicians need to be aware of the possible association between acute cytomegalovirus and thrombosis in immunocompetent patients, especially in the presence of severe systemic infection, as our case illustrates.

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AdultCytomegalovirus InfectionsHumansImmunocompetenceMalePericarditisPulmonary Embolism

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PMID24678987
PMCPMC3999874
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