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Three cases of primary EBV infection in young adults manifested by periorbital and eyelid oedema

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We report here three cases of facial and eyelid oedema that revealed a primary infection of EBV in young adults. Primary EBV infection associated with periorbial eyelid oedema has rarely been reported in adults so far, to the best of our knowledge.

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  1. Service d’Infectiologie, Hôpital l’Archet 1, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, 151 Route Saint Antoine de Ginestière, BP 3079, 06202, Nice Cedex 3, France

    Elisa Demonchy & Céline Pulcini

  2. Faculté de Médecine de Nice, Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

    Céline Pulcini

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Demonchy, E., Pulcini, C. Three cases of primary EBV infection in young adults manifested by periorbital and eyelid oedema. Infection 41, 1029–1030 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-013-0487-y

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