Open AccessGastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease secondary to measles in an immunocompetent infant: A case report
Author(s) -
Qinghua Yang,
Xiaopeng Ma,
DeZai Dai,
Da-Ming Bai,
Yu Zou,
Sixi Liu,
Jianming Song
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v27.i15.1655
Subject(s) - cytomegalovirus , measles , medicine , virology , immunology , disease , cytomegalovirus infections , cytomegalovirus infection , human cytomegalovirus , pediatrics , viral disease , herpesviridae , virus , pathology , vaccination
Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease occurs commonly in immunocompromised/immunodeficient patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection, neoplasm, solid organ transplantation, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or treatment with immunosuppressants, but is rarely reported in association with measles infection.