| Journal: | Iatreia (Medellín) |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000421114 |
| ISSN: | 0121-0793 |
| Authors: | Ramírez Quintero, Juan David1 |
| Institutions: | 1Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Sección de Medicina Interna, Medellín, Antioquia. Colombia |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Season: | Ene-Jun |
| Volumen: | 31 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 202-206 |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| Spanish abstract | La infección grave por citomegalovirus en pacientes inmunocompetentes es inusual, siendo la colitis su principal manifestación. Se observa predominantemente en pacientes ancianos con alta carga de comorbilidades. Presentamos el caso de una mujer con falla cardiaca de origen isquémico agudamente descompensada, quien presentó hemorragia digestiva inferior secundaria a colitis por citomegalovirus en ausencia de inmunosupresión aparente |
| English abstract | Severe cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompetent patients is unusual with colitis being its main manifestation. It occurs predominantly in elderly patients with high burden of comorbidities. A case of a woman with acute heart failure and coronary heart disease who had lower gastrointestinal bleeding due to cytomegalovirus colitis in the absence of apparent immunosuppression is presented |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Inmunología, Gastroenterología, Colitis, Hemorragia gastrointestinal, Citomegalovirus, Inmunocompetencia, Isquemia miocárdica |
| Keyword: | Immunology, Gastroenterology, Colitis, Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, Cytomegalovirus, Immunocompetence, Myocardial ischemia |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
