Colitis por citomegalovirus en paciente inmunocompetente / Cytomegalovirus colitis in an immunocompetent patient
Iatreia
; 31(2): 202-206, ene.-jun. 2018. graf
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-953920
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RESUMEN
RESUMEN La infección grave por citomegalovirus en pacientes inmunocompetentes es inusual, siendo la colitis su principal manifestación. Se observa predominantemente en pacientes ancianos con alta carga de comorbilidades. Presentamos el caso de una mujer con falla cardiaca de origen isquémico agudamente descompensada, quien presentó hemorragia digestiva inferior secundaria a colitis por citomegalovirus en ausencia de inmunosupresión aparente.
ABSTRACT
SUMMARY Severe cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompetent patients is unusual with colitis being its main manifestation. It occurs predominantly in elderly patients with high burden of comorbidities. A case of a woman with acute heart failure and coronary heart disease who had lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to cytomegalovirus colitis in the absence of apparent immunosuppression is presented.
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Main subject:
Colitis
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Cytomegalovirus
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Immunocompetence
Limits:
Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Iatreia
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Colombia
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe/CO