title: Cytomegalovirus peritonitis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: Peritonitis has been reported infrequently in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Intestinal or colonic perforation resulting from cytomegalovirus (CMV) enteritis is the most common cause of peritonitis in these patients. We report a patient with CMV peritonitis occurring in the absence of perforation (primary peritonitis) to alert physicians to this potentially treatable disorder.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Division, San Francisco General Hospital, California.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Forsmark
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Darragh
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cello
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*