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Herpes simplex colitis in a child with combined liver and small bowel transplant
Author(s) -
Delis S.,
Kato T.,
Ruiz P.,
Mittal N.,
Babinski L.,
Tzakis A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2001.00014.x
Subject(s) - medicine , colitis , herpes simplex virus , gastroenterology , liver transplantation , hsl and hsv , virus , immunology , transplantation
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) has been a rare cause of gastrointestinal (GI) infection, especially in immunocompromised patients. A variety of GI sites may be involved; however, only three reported cases of HSV colitis have been documented in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first report of HSV colitis in a small bowel transplant recipient.