CYTOMEGALOVIRUS CAUSING ACUTE COLONIC PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

Authors
SHRESTHA BM DARBY C FERGUSSON C LORD R SALAMAN JR MOORE RH
Citation
Bm. Shrestha et al., CYTOMEGALOVIRUS CAUSING ACUTE COLONIC PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT, Postgraduate medical journal, 72(849), 1996, pp. 429-430
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
72
Issue
849
Year of publication
1996
Pages
429 - 430
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1996)72:849<429:CCACPI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A female patient presented with pyrexia and features of large intestin al obstruction, 10 weeks posttransplantation, with biopsy-proven colit is caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) and positive CMV antigenaemia and I gM tests. The symptoms resolved after treatment with ganciclovir, naso gastric aspiration and intravenous fluid replacement.