REFRACTORY ULCERATIVE COLITIS COMPLICATED BY CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH VALGANCICLOVIR

Refractory ulcerative colitis complicated by cytomegalovirus infection successfully treated with valganciclovir

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is widespread in the general population.In patients with severe and/or steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis (UC), local reactivation of CMV can be detected in actively inflamed colonic tissue in approximately 30% of cases.However, the role of CMV in patients with UC is not clearly understood.There is evidence to sho

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