High-dose corticosteroids for acute cytomegalovirus-associated transverse myelitis in the immunocompetent patient: a case report and systematic review

We present an immunocompetent patient with transverse myelitis (TM) during acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, as evidenced by a reactive serum CMV IgM and CMV viremia. The patient had an excellent outcome after receiving only high-dose methylprednisolone. Given concerns that practitioners may ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of neurovirology 2019-06, Vol.25 (3), p.405-409
Hauptverfasser:	Budhram, A., Liu, Y., Krawczyk, M., Chan, T. L. H., Burneo, J. G., Hosseini-Moghaddam, S. M., Shoesmith, C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Immunology Infectious Diseases Neurology Neurosciences Short Communication Virology
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