title: [Persistent fever in the elderly].
abstract: We report the case of a 68 year old immuncompetent woman with persisting fever. Symptomatic acute CMV infection with a partial thrombosis of the left portal vein branch was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern. andreas.oestmann@insel.ch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krähenmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dürig
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sendi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oestmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D011169:Portal Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed