A rare case intractable diarrhea secondary to Clostridium difficile and cytomegalovirus coinfection

American Journal of Case Reports

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 498-501

  John, Santhosh Gheevarghese ^a   Dominguez, Cristian ^a   Chandiramani, Vijay ^a   Vemulappalli, Tejo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Coinfection; Cytomegalovirus; Intractable diarrhea; Pancolitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CETUXIMAB; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN; ENEMA; FIDAXOMICIN; GANCICLOVIR; METRONIDAZOLE; OXALIPLATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BODY MASS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEVER; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE SOUND; INTRACTABLE DIARRHEA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIP SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MIXED INFECTION; NAUSEA; NECK DISSECTION; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; PANCOLITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEPSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

EID: 84888327332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19415923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.889700     Document Type: Article

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