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ArticleClinical journal of gastroenterology2019

Acute gastritis caused by concurrent infection with Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus in an immunocompetent adult.

Sohei Yamamoto, Yu Sakai

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Article in Clinical journal of gastroenterology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Analysis of Cytomegalovirus Infection Affecting the Stomach.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sohei YamamotoDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Anjo Kosei Hospital, 28 Higashi-hirokute, Anjo-cho, Anjo, Aichi, 446-8602, Japan. soheiyamamoto@kosei.anjo.aichi.jp.
Yu SakaiDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Anjo Kosei Hospital, 28 Higashi-hirokute, Anjo-cho, Anjo, Aichi, 446-8602, Japan.
Anjo Kosei Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herein, we describe an extremely rare case of gastritis due to concurrent infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) occurring in an immunocompetent adult. The patient was a 35-year-old man who presented with slight fever, nausea, anorexia, weight loss for 3 weeks, mild transaminitis, and leukocytosis with atypical lymphocytes in peripheral blood. The clinical presentation and elevated IgM titers to both EBV-VCA and CMV strongly suggested infectious mononucleosis syndrome caused by co-infection with EBV and CMV. A computed tomographic scan of the abdomen showed diffuse thickening of the gastric wall mimicking linitis plastica, and upper endoscopy revealed thickened and eroded mucosa throughout the stomach. Histologic examination of gastric biopsies showed a dense lymphoid and neutrophilic infiltrate in the lamina propria with erosion. In situ hybridization assay revealed many lymphocytes positive for EBV-encoded RNA. Moreover, immunohistochemistry using an anti-CMV monoclonal antibody identified some CMV-positive cells (i.e. foveolar epithelium and endothelium). We finally diagnosed this case as gastric involvement in infectious mononucleosis, and the patient recovered without the administration of antiviral drugs. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of gastritis co-infected with EBV and CMV, as a manifestation of infectious mononucleosis in an immunocompetent adult.

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Acute DiseaseAdultCoinfectionCytomegalovirus InfectionsEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsGastritisHumansImmunocompetenceMaleCytomegalovirusEpstein–Barr virusGastritisMononucleosis

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