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Case Reports
. 2023 May;68(5):1653-1655.
doi: 10.1007/s10620-022-07801-4. Epub 2023 Jan 21.

One Case of Epstein-Barr Virus Encephalitis from Pediatric Crohn's Disease After 6-Mercaptopurine and Infliximab Treatment

Jindan Yu  1 , Yao Lv  1 , Youyou Luo  1 , Youhong Fang  1 , Jie Chen  2
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Case Reports

One Case of Epstein-Barr Virus Encephalitis from Pediatric Crohn's Disease After 6-Mercaptopurine and Infliximab Treatment

Jindan Yu et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2023 May.
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Fig. 1
A–C Representative endoscopy photograph of the lesion in colon. D Representative capsule endoscopy photograph of the lesion in small intestine. E Representative enhanced computed tomographic (CT) scan of the gut. F Biopsy showing ulcer and chronic inflammation
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Fig. 2
A Expression levels of serum EA-IgM, NA-IgG, VCA-IgG, VCA-IgM, EA-IgG from the patient at different time points. CD Crohn’s disease, EBV Epstein–Barr virus, EA-IgM anti-early antigen immunoglobulin M, NA-IgG anti-viral nuclear antigen immunoglobulin G, VCA-IgG anti-viral capsid antigen immunoglobulin G, VCA-IgM anti-viral capsid antigen immunoglobulin M, EA-IgG anti-early antigen immunoglobulin G. B Amplification curve of reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) reaction targeting the EBV DNA in cerebrospinal fluid samples. The number of cycles (Ct) was 32.11 and EBV DNA was 2.13 × 103 copies/ml. C Representative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. D Schematic illustration for the treatment of the patient before EBV encephalitis
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