A case report of late-onset gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus infection 17 years post kidney transplantation

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, one of the most common viral infections seen post-transplantation, is rarely known to occur after 15 years. Here, we report a 59-year-old male on minimum immunosuppressive agents who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have CMV infection of the distal ileu...

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Published inIndian journal of transplantation Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 263 - 265
Main Authors Anupama, Sneha, Koshy, Priyanka, Saraswathy, Arun, Parthasarathy, Rajeevalochana, Mathew, Milly, Abraham, Georgi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2020
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
cytomegalovirus
Cytomegalovirus infections
Health aspects
Immunosuppressive agents
Infection
Kidney transplantation
opportunistic infections
Valganciclovir
Virus diseases
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Summary:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, one of the most common viral infections seen post-transplantation, is rarely known to occur after 15 years. Here, we report a 59-year-old male on minimum immunosuppressive agents who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have CMV infection of the distal ileum with concurrent high CMV viral load 17 years post kidney transplantation.
ISSN:2212-0017
2212-0025
DOI:10.4103/ijot.ijot_15_20