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Protracted primary cytomegalovirus infection presenting as ileoanal pouchitis in a non-immunosuppressed patient: a case report

Pouchitis often occurs after proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. It is usually deemed idiopathic and commonly responds to antibacterial therapy. To date, only a few cases of cytomegalovirus pouchitis have been documented, and only a single report describes pouchi...

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Main Authors: Rupp, Christian (Author) , Herpel, Esther (Author) , Schnitzler, Paul (Author) , Zawierucha, Anna (Author) , Zwickel, Philipp (Author) , Klute, Lukas (Author) , Kadmon, Martina (Author) , Stremmel, Wolfgang (Author) , Gauss, Annika (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 26 May 2014
In: Journal of medical case reports
Year: 2014, Volume: 8
ISSN:1752-1947
DOI:10.1186/1752-1947-8-163
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-163
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Author Notes:Christian Rupp, Esther Herpel, Paul Schnitzler, Anna Zawierucha, Philipp Zwickel, Lukas Klute, Martina Kadmon, Wolfgang Stremmel and Annika Gauss
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Summary:Pouchitis often occurs after proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. It is usually deemed idiopathic and commonly responds to antibacterial therapy. To date, only a few cases of cytomegalovirus pouchitis have been documented, and only a single report describes pouchitis in a case of assumed primary cytomegalovirus infection.
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ISSN:1752-1947
DOI:10.1186/1752-1947-8-163

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