title: Cytomegalovirus ileitis presenting as massive rectal bleeding in infancy.
abstract: Two Zambian infants presented with massive rectal bleeding caused by cytomegalovirus ileitis. The first was seropositive for HIV and the second seronegative, though her mother was seropositive. Both infants died.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kawimbe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bem
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bharucha
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum