A case of cytomegalovirus colitis initially misdiagnosed as colonic ischemia in an immunocompetent Japanese woman

Clin Case Rep. 2024 May 7;12(5):e8784. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8784. eCollection 2024 May.

Authors

Atsuro Hamano¹, Shunsuke Harada², Takaaki Kobayashi³, Sandra Moody⁴, Akihito Yoshida¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Internal Medicine Kameda Medical Center Kamogawa Japan.
² Department of Pathology Kameda Medical Center Kamogawa Japan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases University of Iowa Iowa city Iowa USA.
⁴ Divisions of Hospital Medicine & Geriatrics, Department of Medicine University of California San Francisco California USA.

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus colitis should be considered in a patient presenting with bloody stool even among immunocompetent patients.

Keywords: CMV; bloody diarrhea; colitis; cytomegalovirus; immunocompetent.

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Case Reports