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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2009, p. 1588-1590, Vol. 47, No. 5
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02477-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Epstein-Barr Virus-Related Diarrhea or Exacerbation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnostic Dilemma{triangledown}

Ido Weinberg,1* Tzahi Neuman,2 Maya Margalit,1 Fadeela Ayman,3 Dana G. Wolf,3 and Arie Ben-Yehuda1

Division of Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel,1 Pathology department, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel,2 Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel3

Received 24 December 2008/ Returned for modification 17 February 2009/ Accepted 1 March 2009

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, POB 12000, Jerusalem, Israel. Phone: 972-2-6777111. Fax: 972-2-6777740. E-mail: idow{at}hadassah.org.il

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 11 March 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2009, p. 1588-1590, Vol. 47, No. 5
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02477-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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