| Title | Severe Cytomegalovirus-associated esophagitis in an immunocompetent patient after short-term steroid therapy: A Case-Report. | | Author(s) | Weile J, Streeck B, Muck J, Krebs G, Jakobus KH, Knabbe C, Weber F | | Institution | Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany; Medical Clinic, Rems-Murr-Clinic Schorndorf, Schorndorf, Germany; Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany. | | Source | J Clin Microbiol 2009 Jul 1. | | Abstract | A case of severe human cytomegalovirus esophagitis after short-term corticosteroid therapy in a patient with no other apparent cause of immunodeficiency, such as human immunodeficiency virus infection, neoplasia or previous organ transplantation is described. The cytomegalovirus esophagus infection was successfully treated with Ganciclovir. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19571016 |
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