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Cytomegalovirus cholecystitis and colitis associated with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
E L Ong1, M E Ellis, D E Tweedle
1Monsall Hospital, Regional Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Manchester, U.K.
The Journal of Infection
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an important cause of acalculous gangrenous cholecystitis in immunocompromised persons. We report a case of acalculous acute cholecystitis and active colitis associated with CMV in a patient suffering from the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The condition was treated successfully with surgery and 9-(1,3,-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl)guanine intravenously.