title: A young patient with multisystem complications after cytomegalovirus infection.
abstract: We are describing a case of an 18-year-old male patient with cytomegalovirus (CMV) associated guillain-barre syndrome (GBS) who presented with an acute onset of generalized weakness and numbness in the extremities, dysphagia, and facial diplegia, followed by respiratory failure, which led to mechanical ventilation. He had positive immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M antibodies against CMV, and CMV polymerase chain reaction was positive with <2000 copies of deoxyribonucleic acid. Human immunodeficiency virus test was negative. He received a course of ganciclovir, intravenous immunoglobulin, and plasmapheresis. After improving from acute episode, patient was transferred to a rehabilitation facility for physical and occupational therapy. At the rehabilitation facility, he exhibited signs of acute abdomen with pain in the left upper quadrant secondary to peritonitis from dislodged gastrostomy tube and underwent exploratory laparotomy. During the hospital course he was found to have splenic infarct and colitis on the computed tomography of abdomen. This case showed an immunocompetent young patient with multisystem complications including guillain-barre syndrome (GBS), splenic infarct, hepatitis, and colitis due to CMV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research, Health East Care System, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Swaroopa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pulivarthi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Health East Care System, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Murali Krishna
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Gurram
keywords: Cytomegalovirus; guillain-barre syndrome; hepatitis; splenic infarct
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