Multiorgan involvement due to cytomegalovirus infection in AIDS
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Multiorgan involvement due to cytomegalovirus infection in AIDS.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a relatively late complication of AIDS. Like other viruses contributing to co-morbidity of HIV infection, cytomegalovirus has the propensity to cause multiorgan involvement. We report the case of a 34-year-old seropositive man who presented with bilateral lower limb weakness and symptomatic pallor. He was already on antiretroviral drugs for a month prior to pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1413-8670
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702007000100039