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Life-threatening cytomegalovirus colitis in the immunocompetent patient

Report of a case and review of the literature

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Cytomegalovirus colitis in the immunocompetent patient is an unusual clinical entity. We describe a patient with life-threatening cytomegalovirus colitis in the absence of immune deficiency and review the medical literature available on this topic.

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  1. Department of Surgery and Department of Pathology, From the Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.

    Stavros Karakozis M.D. & Enrique Gongora M.D.

  2. School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University, 1542 Tulane Avenue, 70112, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Manuel Caceres M.D., Erwin Brun M.D. & James W. Cook M.D.

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Karakozis, S., Gongora, E., Caceres, M. et al. Life-threatening cytomegalovirus colitis in the immunocompetent patient. Dis Colon Rectum 44, 1716–1720 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02234398

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