Cytomegalovirus ileitis in an immunocompetent patient Ileítis por citomegalovirus en paciente inmunocompetente

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus that belongs to the family of Herpesviridae. Infection can cause a serious disease in immunocompromised patients, but it can also affect immunocompetent patients, creating generally self limiting symptoms. However, in some cases it can be fatal. We present a case of...

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Main Authors: María Auxiliadora Tejedor-Cerdeña, Antonio Velasco-Guardado, Ana Fernández-Prodomingo, María Concepción Piñero-Pérez, Renzo Calderón, Ana Beatriz Prieto-Bermejo, Ana Sánchez-Garrido, Juan Martínez-Moreno, Fernando Geijo-Martínez, Óscar Javier Blanco-Múñez, Antonio Rodríguez-Pérez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2011-03-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082011000300009