Epstein-Barr virus infection in a patient with active pulmonary tuberculosis. A case report.
Active pulmonary tuberculosis is highly prevalent among the black population but factors predisposing to a defective cellular immune response to the tubercle bacillus are not readily apparent in many. Serological evidence of a recent reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in such a patient could therefore be a relevant finding, since EBV has the potential to suppress cellular immune responses.
D000328:Adult; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000150:complications; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*