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Severe Cytomegalovirus-Associated Esophagitis in an Immunocompetent Patient after Short-Term Steroid Therapy

Published:2009-09 Issue:9 Volume:47 Page:3031-3033
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Weile Jan¹²,Streeck Benjamin³,Muck Johannes³,Krebs Gerd³,Jakobus Karl-Heinz³,Knabbe Cornelius¹,Weber Friedhelm³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

2. Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany

3. Medical Clinic, Rems-Murr-Clinic Schorndorf, Schorndorf, Germany

Abstract

ABSTRACT A case of severe human cytomegalovirus esophagitis after short-term corticosteroid therapy in a patient with no other apparent cause of immunodeficiency, such as human immunodeficiency virus infection, neoplasia, or previous organ transplantation, is described herein. The cytomegalovirus esophagus infection was successfully treated with ganciclovir.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.00143-09

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