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. 2012 Apr;13(2):121-4.
doi: 10.1089/sur.2010.098. Epub 2012 Mar 22.

Cytomegalovirus enteritis manifesting as recurrent bowel obstruction and jejunal perforation in patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: rare report of survival and review of the literature

Shinil K Shah  1 , Laura A Kreiner, Peter A Walker, Kimberly L Klein, Kulvinder S Bajwa, Emily K Robinson, Stefanos G Millas, Eduardo A Souchon, Curtis J Wray
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Cytomegalovirus enteritis manifesting as recurrent bowel obstruction and jejunal perforation in patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: rare report of survival and review of the literature

Shinil K Shah et al. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2012 Apr.

Abstract

Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) enteritis presenting with perforation in the setting of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) represents a particularly deadly combination.

Methods: Case report and review of the pertinent literature.

Case report: The authors report a patient with AIDS and CMV enteritis presenting as recurrent small-bowel obstruction and leading to perforation of the jejunum with subsequent survival.

Conclusion: This is believed to represent the second case in the English-language literature of survival after CMV-induced small intestinal perforation in a patient with AIDS.

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