Open AccessCytomegalovirus Proctitis: A Rare and Disregarded Sexually Transmitted Disease
Author(s) -
Alex Studemeister
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e31821a5a90
Subject(s) - medicine , proctitis , anal intercourse , cytomegalovirus , sexually transmitted disease , mononucleosis , cytomegalovirus infections , lymphogranuloma venereum , virology , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , disease , viral disease , dermatology , herpesviridae , human cytomegalovirus , virus , syphilis , men who have sex with men , chlamydia trachomatis , ulcerative colitis
A review of published cases and a recently managed patient is presented, which describes the clinical features of cytomegalovirus proctitis. About half of the reports describe sexually transmitted cytomegalovirus proctitis following anal intercourse, which typically presents with rectal bleeding and a mononucleosis-like syndrome. This condition resolves spontaneously and may be associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection.