Lethal cytomegalovirus ischemic colitis presenting with fever of unknown origin

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 124-128

  Lee, C J ^a   Lian, J D ^a   Chang, S W ^a   Chou, M C ^a   Tyan, Y S ^a   Wong, L C ^a   Chang, Horng Rong ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Ischemic colitis; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; KIDNEY GRAFT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; VIRUS DETECTION;

COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; COLON; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 10944238406     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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