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Case Reports
. 2014 Sep;29(5):675-8.
doi: 10.3904/kjim.2014.29.5.675. Epub 2014 Aug 28.

Cytomegalovirus appendicitis with concurrent bacteremia after chemotherapy for acute leukemia

Min Jung Cho  1 , Jongmin Lee  1 , Joo-Yeun Hu  1 , Jung Woo Lee  1 , Sung-Yeon Cho  1 , Dong-Gun Lee  1 , Seok Lee  1
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Case Reports

Cytomegalovirus appendicitis with concurrent bacteremia after chemotherapy for acute leukemia

Min Jung Cho et al. Korean J Intern Med. 2014 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Appendicitis; Cytomegalovirus infection; Precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemia-lymphoma.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Abdominal computed tomography shows appendiceal wall thickening, suggesting appendicitis with microperforation and abscess formation (arrow, abscess).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Flowchart of clinical progress. CFX, ciprofloxacin; CFPM, cefepime; PIPC/TB, piperacillin/tazobactam; MRPN, meropenem; IMPN, imipenem; ISPM, isepamicin; TP, teicoplanin; ICZ, itraconazole; AMB, amphotericin B deoxycholate; CSFG, caspofungin; GCV, ganciclovir; FSCN, foscarnet; ANC, absolute neutrophil count; CMV, cytomegalovirus; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; ESBL, extended spectrum β-lactamase.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Appendiceal specimen from the area of the acute inflammatory lesion shows giant cells with intranuclear inclusions and a perinuclear halo (arrow; H&E, ×400). Insert: immunohistochemical staining shows cytomegalovirus antigen-positive cells (stained brown).
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