Herpes Simplex Virus Colitis in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed Crohn's Disease

Herpesvirus colitis is a known cause of morbidity and mortality amongst immunosuppressed individuals. We present a case of HSV colitis following a diagnosis of Crohn's Disease and methylprednisolone therapy. Diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemical staining and supported by polymerase cha...

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Autores principales: Jafri, H., Kalina, D. R., Aziz, T., Serrano, P. E., Haider, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30013599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7591709
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author Jafri, H.
Kalina, D. R.
Aziz, T.
Serrano, P. E.
Haider, S.
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description Herpesvirus colitis is a known cause of morbidity and mortality amongst immunosuppressed individuals. We present a case of HSV colitis following a diagnosis of Crohn's Disease and methylprednisolone therapy. Diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemical staining and supported by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of cutaneous vesicles. The patient recovered following three weeks of acyclovir.
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spelling pubmed-60222712018-07-16 Herpes Simplex Virus Colitis in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed Crohn's Disease Jafri, H. Kalina, D. R. Aziz, T. Serrano, P. E. Haider, S. Case Rep Med Case Report Herpesvirus colitis is a known cause of morbidity and mortality amongst immunosuppressed individuals. We present a case of HSV colitis following a diagnosis of Crohn's Disease and methylprednisolone therapy. Diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemical staining and supported by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of cutaneous vesicles. The patient recovered following three weeks of acyclovir. Hindawi 2018-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6022271/ /pubmed/30013599 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7591709 Text en Copyright © 2018 H. Jafri et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Herpes Simplex Virus Colitis in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed Crohn's Disease
title Herpes Simplex Virus Colitis in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed Crohn's Disease
title_full Herpes Simplex Virus Colitis in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed Crohn's Disease
title_fullStr Herpes Simplex Virus Colitis in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed Crohn's Disease
title_full_unstemmed Herpes Simplex Virus Colitis in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed Crohn's Disease
title_short Herpes Simplex Virus Colitis in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed Crohn's Disease
title_sort herpes simplex virus colitis in a patient with newly diagnosed crohn's disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30013599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7591709
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