Ganciclovir therapy in an immunocompetent child with resistant fever and hepatosplenomegaly due to cytomegalovirus infection. Who and when to treat?

Int J Infect Dis. 2008 May;12(3):340-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.07.005. Epub 2007 Nov 19.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cytomegalovirus / isolation & purification
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / virology
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Fever / drug therapy
  • Fever / virology*
  • Ganciclovir / administration & dosage*
  • Ganciclovir / therapeutic use
  • Hepatomegaly / drug therapy
  • Hepatomegaly / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence*
  • Splenomegaly / drug therapy
  • Splenomegaly / etiology*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Ganciclovir