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ArticleAccess microbiology2019

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome with thrombotic splenic infarcts associated with acute cytomegalovirus infection.

Christopher Denham, Ginger Tissier, Amit Golding

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Article in Access microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Christopher DenhamTrinity School of Medicine, Kingstown, St.Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4297-0043
Ginger TissierTrinity School of Medicine, Kingstown, St.Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3463-8729
Amit GoldingBaltimore VA/VAMHCS and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3659-6654
Trinity School of Medicine · VCUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWe describe a case of acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection complicated by acquired antiphospholipid antibodies and splenic thrombi. We discuss the associations between CMV infection and thrombosis risk and correlation with antiphospolipid antibodies. CASE PRESENTATION: A previously healthy 32-year-old woman is hospitalized for acute abdominal pain and fever and found to have multiple splenic infarcts on an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan. An infectious work-up is negative except for acute CMV, and a hypercoagulable work-up is only positive for antiphospholipid antibodies. The patient is discharged and placed on anti-coagulation therapy for 6 months.

conclusionCo-incident thrombosis and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome can occur with acute viral infections, including CMV. We discuss the viral infection-associated increased risk of developing blood clots and antiphospholipid antibodies as being either correlative with or causative of viral-induced thrombosis.

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acute CMV infectionanti-coagulationantiphospholipid antibodiesantiphospholipid antibody syndromethrombosis

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PMID32974541
PMCPMC7481732
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