Bibliographic citations
Martino, L., (2020). Infección por citomegalovirus en paciente inmunocompetente como causa de fiebre de origen desconocido. Reporte de caso [Tesis, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/6847
Martino, L., Infección por citomegalovirus en paciente inmunocompetente como causa de fiebre de origen desconocido. Reporte de caso [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO; 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/6847
@misc{renati/377769,
title = "Infección por citomegalovirus en paciente inmunocompetente como causa de fiebre de origen desconocido. Reporte de caso",
author = "Martino Chavez, Luis Eduardo",
publisher = "Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego - UPAO",
year = "2020"
}
Cytomegalovirus is a herpes virus whose worldwide seroprevalence of infection ranges from 45 to 100%. (1) In immunocompromised patients it is the cause of serious diseases and even death, however, in immunocompetent patients infection is rare and usually occurs asymptomatic or with mild symptoms (2). Common diseases with infrequent clinical presentations, whose main manifestation is a febrile syndrome and whose diagnosis is difficult to determine, are usually classified as fevers of unknown origin, requiring an adequate diagnostic approach for the correct clinical orientation of their study. (3) We present the case of a 37-year-old male patient without comorbidities, presenting with fever of unknown origin for a period of three weeks. During his hospital stay, in the search for a definitive diagnosis, multiple auxiliary laboratory and imaging tests are performed as part of the study protocol for fever of unknown origin. Later, on the ninth day of hospitalization, considering the patient's symptoms, the presence of prolonged fever, pharyngitis, cervical lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and based on the results of auxiliary tests such as lymphocytosis and increased transaminases, it is allowed to focus the diagnosis on a mononucleosis syndrome, consequently serological detection of IgM antibodies made the definitive diagnosis of infectious cytomegalovirus mononucleosis. It is important to consider cytomegalovirus as a primary etiological agent of infection in immunocompetent patients with fever of unknown origin.This consideration will allow a better diagnostic approach to this pathology, avoid initial treatment associated with possible complications and optimize the rational use of tools auxiliary clinics, employing better management of hospital resources.
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