Cytomegalovirus causing acute colonic pseudo-obstruction in a renal transplant recipient.
A female patient presented with pyrexia and features of large intestinal obstruction, 10 weeks posttransplantation, with biopsy-proven colitis caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) and positive CMV antigenaemia and IgM tests. The symptoms resolved after treatment with ganciclovir, nasogastric aspiration and intravenous fluid replacement.
Shrestha
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Renal Transplant Unit, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, UK.
Darby
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Fergusson
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Lord
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Salaman
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Moore
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003112:Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D015774:Ganciclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D015774:Ganciclovir