Another cause of bloody diarrhoea in infancy: cytomegalovirus colitis in an immunocompetent child

J Paediatr Child Health. 2004 Sep-Oct;40(9-10):581-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00469.x.

Abstract

Although a ubiquitous pathogen, cytomegalovirus (CMV) is very rarely thought to be the cause of significant gastrointestinal infection in the immunocompetent child. We report the case of a 2-month-old infant who presented with bloody diarrhoea and severe dehydration, which was subsequently diagnosed as CMV enterocolitis and resolved spontaneously without antiviral treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Colitis / pathology
  • Colitis / virology*
  • Colon / pathology
  • Colon / virology
  • Cytomegalovirus / isolation & purification
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Diarrhea / etiology*
  • Diarrhea / virology
  • Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Thrombosis / etiology