title: Disseminated cytomegalovirus infection with gastrointestinal involvement. The role of altered immunity in the elderly.
abstract: Disseminated cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections seem to occur in patients with impaired immunity. The evidence for the altered immunity and the predisposing factors in elderly patients are summarized and illustrated by a report of a 75-year old patient with CMV colitis. The clinical and pathologic features of CMV infections involving the gastrointestinal tract in noncompromised hosts are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003092:Colitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D011859:Radiography