Coinfection of cytomegalovirus and strongyloidiasis presenting as massive gastrointestinal bleeding in an immunocompromised host: a case report.

ABSTRACT: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is an opportunistic disease in immunocompromised patients that may appear without symptoms, with constitutional symptoms, or as a tissue-invasive disease. Strongyloides stercoralis infection often manifests with non-specific symptoms; however, it can lead to severe malabsorption and extraintestinal dissemination by accelerated autoinfection. The coinfection of CMV and Strongyloides stercoralis has rarely been reported, particularly with solely severe gastrointestinal bleeding. A 29-year-old female patient with a history of nephrotic syndrome treated with long-term corticosteroid and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes presented with a 20-day history of persistent epigastric pain, diarrhea, and significant weight loss. At the hospitalization, the

SUBMITTER: Huu TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11615966 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature