Cytomegalovirus infection in ulcerative colitis: A prospective, comparative study on prevalence and diagnostic strategy
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases2008Vol. 14(10), pp. 1373–1379
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Eugeni Domènech, Roser Vega, Isabel Ojanguren, Águeda Hernández, Esther García-Planella, Isabel Bernal, Mercè Rosinach, Jaume Boix, Eduard Cabré, Miquel A. Gassull
Abstract
CMV disease in UC only affects seropositive, steroid-refractory UC patients. Steroid/cyclosporine treatment together with disease activity may predispose to latent colonic CMV reactivation. The impact of antiviral therapy on the clinical outcome of these patients remains to be elucidated.
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