Severe cytomegalovirus colitis with hemolytic anemia mimicking travelers’ diarrhea
- Nakyoung Hwang
- Eun Heui Kim
- Sung Yong Han
- Shinwon Lee
- Su Jin Lee
- Sun Hee Lee
- Chungsu Hwang
- Chang Hun Lee
- Jongyoun Yi
- Kye-Hyung Kim
Publication date
August 2015
DOI Publisher
Elsevier ISSN
1201-9712 Journal
1878-3511Abstract
A case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis mimicking travelers’ diarrhea following short-term travel is reported. The patient was a Croatian man visiting Korea for work. He presented with fever and severe bloody diarrhea. He was diagnosed with a primary CMV infection complicated with CMV colitis and hemolytic anemia and recovered with antiviral therapy and concomitant steroid therapy
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