Open AccessEpstein-Barr Virus-Related Diarrhea or Exacerbation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnostic Dilemma
Author(s) -
Ido Weinberg,
Tzahi Neuman,
Maya Margalit,
Ayman Fadeela,
Dana Wolf,
Arie BenYehuda
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.02477-08
Subject(s) - inflammatory bowel disease , diarrhea , exacerbation , medicine , virus , disease , virology , immunology , gastroenterology , pathology
While the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in colonic specimens from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been documented, diarrhea secondary to gastrointestinal involvement by EBV in the context of primary EBV infection in patients with IBD has not been reported. We describe a patient with IBD who presented with diarrhea and primary EBV infection and propose a role for colonic involvement by EBV in the pathogenesis of his symptoms.