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Severe cytomegalovirus enterocolitis in an immunocompetent infant
Chokechai Rongkavilit1, Mary P Bedard, Jocelyn Y Ang
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Childrens Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA. crongkav@dmc.org
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
|June 15, 2004
Abstract:
Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus infection is a common opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. It is a rare cause of enterocolitis in immunocompetent hosts. We present a case of severe cytomegalovirus enterocolitis causing intractable diarrhea in a previously healthy infant. The child was successfully treated with intravenous ganciclovir.