title: Epstein-barr virus-related diarrhea or exacerbation of inflammatory bowel disease: diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: While the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in colonic specimens from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been documented, diarrhea secondary to gastrointestinal involvement by EBV in the context of primary EBV infection in patients with IBD has not been reported. We describe a patient with IBD who presented with diarrhea and primary EBV infection and propose a role for colonic involvement by EBV in the pathogenesis of his symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. idow@hadassah.org.il
authors.forename: Ido
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: Tzahi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neuman
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Margalit
authors.forename: Fadeela
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ayman
authors.forename: Dana G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben-Yehuda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male