Among immunocompetent adult patients, steroid use and red blood cell transfusion within 1 month of colitis diagnosis were independent risk factors for cytomegalovirus colitis, according to recent ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus that, while often latent in the general population, can become reactivated in individuals with compromised immune systems. Inflammatory bowel disease ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in kidney or kidney/pancreas transplant recipients occurs more frequently when alemtuzumab is used for induction instead of antithymocyte ...

New research suggests that latent cytomegalovirus infection may exacerbate inflammatory bowel disease. Current research suggests that latent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection may exacerbate inflammatory ...

Infection-associated colitis — particularly cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis — can produce a similar histologic picture “and should always be considered with the above histology as patients receiving ICI ...

In the absence of proof that cytomegalovirus is the cause of colitis and retinitis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, it is proposed that HIV plays a direct role in the causation ...

Laura Gibson is an associate professor of medicine and of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School. CMV belongs to the same virus family as cold sores and chickenpox and, like those viruses, lives in ...

Wendy van Zuijlen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...