Cytomegalovirus hemorrhagic colitis in an immunocompetent patient with COVID-19 infection: A case report

In coronavirus disease-19, we should suspect the opportunistic coinfections even in immunocompetent individuals. In the presence of recurrent gastrointestinal problems, colonoscopy should be done with biopsy and histopathology to diagnose the opportunistic infection, such as cytomegalovirus colitis,...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Neha, Shah, Sangam, Bhattarai, Madhur, Chamlagain, Rajan, Joshi, Amir, Mehta, Ashish, Koirala, Dinesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10328180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37425138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X231184179
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Sumario:In coronavirus disease-19, we should suspect the opportunistic coinfections even in immunocompetent individuals. In the presence of recurrent gastrointestinal problems, colonoscopy should be done with biopsy and histopathology to diagnose the opportunistic infection, such as cytomegalovirus colitis, in patient with coronavirus disease-19. Here, we report a case of immunocompetent male with coronavirus disease-19 presenting with per rectal bleeding diagnosed as cytomegalovirus colitis.

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