| the high burden of hospitalizations for primary ebv infection: a 6-year prospective survey in a french hospital. | primary epstein-barr virus infection (pei) is acquired increasingly later in life in developed countries, involving a growing number of adults. no studies have examined the effect of age on pei. we conducted a prospective, single-centre, noninterventional survey to assess the clinical and economic effects of pei care according to age. we included all serology-confirmed cases observed in all departments of a large regional hospital. clinical and biologic data, therapeutics and costs of care were ... | 2015 | 26232536 |
| diversity and combinations of infectious agents in 38 adults with an infection-triggered reactive haemophagocytic syndrome: a multicenter study. | reactive haemophagocytic syndrome (hs) is a rare condition that occurs in patients with infections, haematological malignancies or autoimmune diseases. although various microorganisms are thought to trigger hs, most of the literature data on this topic have been gathered in single-centre case series. here, we sought to characterize infectious triggers in a large, multicentre cohort of patients with hs. patients were included in the present study if hs was solely due to one or more infections. de ... | 2016 | 26686809 |