Virology

Burkitt lymphoma presenting as cardiac tamponade in a patient infected with HIV: a case report

Goldis Chami, Samantha MacLean, Evan Wood, Mark W. Hull and Christopher R. Thompson

Febrile illness has a broad differential diagnosis, particularly among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Infectious complications of immunodeficiency must always be high on this differential, but clinicians must also consider HIV-associated malignancies as an explanation for fever in this population. We present the case of a 48-year-old man with...

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(Vol 11 p 34-36, Critical Care; Infection and Immunity; Oncology; Virology: 6 April 2011)

Primary varicella infection presenting in old age

D. W. Wareham and J. Breuer

We describe a case of varicella pneumonitis in an elderly Bangladeshi man. As seroconversion may occur at a later age in this population, early admission and the use of intravenous (i.v) aciclovir should be considered in all adult immigrants presenting with respiratory symptoms and a history of chickenpox exposure.

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(Vol 1 p 3-4, Virology: February 2001)

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Editor-in-Chief

Frank Cross

Consultant Surgeon

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Editors

Neil Barnes

Consultant Physician

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Ali Jawad

Consultant Rheumatologist

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK