Clinical manifestations, risk factors, and prognostic factors of cytomegalovirus enteritis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To comprehensively analyze the risk factors, clinical characteristics, outcomes, and prognostic factors of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) enteritis.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study enrolled patients who had undergone pathological examinations for CMV enteritis. They were divided into CMV and non-CMV groups according to immunohistochemistry staining results. The risk factors, clinical presentations, endoscopic features, treatments, outcomes, and prognostic factors of CMV enteritis were then analyzed.

Results

Forty-two patients (18 CMV, 24 non-CMV group) were included in the study. Major clinical presentations in the CMV group included gastrointestinal bleeding (72.2%), abdominal pain (55.6%), and fever (33.3%); ulcers (72.2%) were the most common endoscopic f

SUBMITTER: Yeh PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8371416 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature