Cytomegalovirus associated toxic megacolon in an immunocompetent host. A case report

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-57

  Khan, A B ^a   Al Mussallam, B ^a   Al Shakweer, W ^a   Al Badri, R ^a  

^a King FahadMedical City Riyadh ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Colitis; Cytomegalovirus; Immunocompetent; Toxic megacolon

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; COLISTIN; DOPAMINE; GANCICLOVIR; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NORADRENALIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE SEPTIC SPLENITIS; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLITIS; COLON; COLON BIOPSY; COLON RESECTION; COLON ULCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS COLITIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; TACHYCARDIA; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TOXIC MEGACOLON;

EID: 77953566577     PISSN: 16828631     EISSN: 16824016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-010-0510-9     Document Type: Article

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