Fatal cytomegalovirus pneumonitis and ileitis in a patient with a cardiac assist device

Am Surg. 2011 Sep;77(9):E182-3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Viral / analysis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / therapy
  • Cytomegalovirus / genetics
  • Cytomegalovirus / immunology
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / etiology*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / virology
  • DNA, Viral / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Ileitis / diagnosis
  • Ileitis / etiology*
  • Ileitis / virology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phosphoproteins / immunology
  • Pneumonia / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia / etiology*
  • Pneumonia / virology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / virology
  • Time Factors
  • Viral Matrix Proteins / immunology

Substances

  • Antigens, Viral
  • DNA, Viral
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Viral Matrix Proteins
  • pp67 protein, human cytomegalovirus