Primary CMV colitis in an immunocompetent infant, successfully treated by gancyclovir

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-205

  Abdulhannan, Peshang ^a,b   Sugarman, Ian D ^a   Wood, Philip ^a   Puntis, John W L ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SODIUM; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFANT; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COLITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; INFANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56049105184     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318174e82a     Document Type: Article

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