Open AccessAn infant with refractory cytomegalovirus‐induced thrombocytopenia
Author(s) -
Uemura Suguru,
Mori Takeshi,
Nino Nanako,
Sakakibara Nana,
Takafuji Satoru,
Myojin Shota,
Takami Yuichi,
Morioka Ichiro,
Nishimura Noriyuki,
Kugo Masaaki,
Iijima Kazumoto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2581
Subject(s) - medicine , cytomegalovirus , immune thrombocytopenia , refractory (planetary science) , antiviral therapy , immunology , cytomegalovirus infection , autoimmune thrombocytopenia , platelet , virology , virus , human cytomegalovirus , herpesviridae , viral disease , physics , astrobiology , chronic hepatitis
The present case underscores the importance of considering the association of severe thrombocytopenia or immune thrombocytopenia with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection because CMV‐induced thrombocytopenia occasionally requires antiviral therapy.