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Xiao-wei Wu1, Lin Wu1, Hong-zan Ji1
1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, No. 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu Province, China.
Background And Aims:
Steroid resistance presents an administration difficulty in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The reason of steroid resistance is still unclear, but cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may be a potential cause in some IBD patients. We carried out a meta-analysis to investigate the relationship between CMV infection and steroid-resistant IBD.
Methods:
The PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were searched up to June 2014, with no language restrictions, for observational studies. Additional references were obtained from reviewed articles.
Results:
Eleven studies involving 867 IBD patients were included in the meta-analysis. Steroid resistance rate was 70.0% in CMV-positive IBD patients, which was significantly higher than that in CMV-negative IBD patients (RR = 2.12, 95% CI = 1.72-2.61). There was significant heterogeneity in the included eleven studies (I (2) = 57.6%). When the only one study with a few patients was excluded, sensitivity analysis suggested a similar outcome (RR = 2.07, 95% CI = 1.80-2.39, 10 studies). Based on the funnel plot and Egger's test, we considered that there was a probable publication bias.
Conclusion:
Our meta-analysis suggests that CMV-positive IBD patients have a nearly double risk of steroid resistance compared with CMV-negative IBD patients, indicating that CMV infection is a probable cause of steroid-resistant IBD.
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