Author/Authors :
Özkale, Murat Baskent University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics, Turkey , Canan, Oğuz Baskent University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics, Division Of Child Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Turkey , Asilsoy, Suna Baskent University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics, Division Of Child Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Turkey , Bal, Nebil Baskent University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics, Department of Pathology, Turkey , Noyan, Aytül Baskent University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics, Division Of Child Pediatric Nephrology, Turkey
Abstract :
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a common viral infection worldwide, with a frequency as high as 90% in developing countries. Only 10% of primary CMV infection is symptomatic in immunocompetent patients, and it rarely causes specific complications. We report CMV colitis in an immunocompetent adolescent with hereditary spherocytosis and spontaneous rupture of the spleen, who was critically ill with septicaemia and significant non-bloody diarrhoea that responded to specific CMV treatment.
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CMV , colitis , hereditary spherocytosis , immunocompetent
