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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3978-3980, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3978-3980.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Acute Cytomegalovirus Infection and Transient Carotid Intimal-Medial Thickening in a Young, Otherwise Healthy Woman

Yasuhiko Hirabayashi,* Tomonori Ishii, Takao Kodera, Hiroshi Fujii, Yasuhiko Munakata, and Takeshi Sasaki

Department of Rheumatology & Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan

Received 5 September 2002/ Returned for modification 3 March 2003/ Accepted 23 May 2003

Carotid intimal-medial thickening was observed in a 23-year-old woman with acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. The thickening disappeared after her recovery from the infection. As endothelial cells are common targets of CMV, this thickening suggests that CMV infection causes vascular lesions, even in otherwise healthy individuals.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Rheumatology & Hematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. Phone: 81-22-717-7165. Fax: 81-22-717-7168. E-mail: y_hirabayashi{at}doctor.nifty.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3978-3980, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3978-3980.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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