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Large bowel perforation due to cytomegalovirus colitis in a post-cardiac surgical patient on chronic hemodialysis

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis with colonic perforation is an exceedingly rare but life-threatening condition. The most comorbid diagnosis in patients with perforated CMV colitis is human immunodeficiency virus in the setting of advanced immunosuppression associated with CD4 

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Published in:General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023-08, Vol.2 (1), p.69, Article 69
Main Authors: Fukunaga, Naoto, Wakami, Tatsuto, Shimoji, Akio, Maeda, Toshi, Mori, Otohime, Yoshizawa, Kosuke, Okada, Tatsuji, Tamura, Nobushige
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Summary:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis with colonic perforation is an exceedingly rare but life-threatening condition. The most comorbid diagnosis in patients with perforated CMV colitis is human immunodeficiency virus in the setting of advanced immunosuppression associated with CD4 
ISSN:2731-6203
2731-6203
DOI:10.1186/s44215-023-00078-7