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Graph showing enteric viruses and viruses with digestive tropism detected in the patient's specimens by real-time PCR. All specimens were tested for the ten viruses sought. PCR results were all negative in the serum specimen. PCR for adenovirus was designed to detect all types (Adenovirus R-gene ARGENE).
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Only CMV DNA was detected in whole blood (Fig. 1 ). This case was unusual because an extraordinary number of pathogens were found in the patient's specimens by PCR analysis (Fig. 1). Sapovirus was detected with a low Ct value only in the small intestine biopsy (Fig. 1). A recent infection with enterovirus was suspected by serology findings and positive PCR results (Fig. 1). Gonzales et al. showed no correlation between viral load and severity of disease. Given that viremia with enteric virus has been described and may be associated with more severe disease, PCR for enteric virus was made in the patient's blood specimen, but only CMV was detected, which was compatible with a recent infection (Fig. 1).