Selected article for: "acute renal failure and distress syndrome"
Author: Alam, Imran; Shanoon, Divina; Alhamdani, Ali; Boyd, A.; Griffiths, A.P.; Baxter, J.N.
Title: Severe Proctitis, Perforation, and Fatal Rectal Bleeding Secondary to Cytomegalovirus in an Immunocompetent Patient: Report of a Case
  • Cord-id: c5cyzddd
  • Document date: 2007_1_1
    • ID: c5cyzddd
    Snippet: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. In immunocompetent individuals, the infection is usually subclinical but it can sometimes be life threatening. We describe a case of fatal CMV proctitis in a 71-year-old man following an Ivor–Lewis esophagectomy. After surgery he developed renal failure, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. He recovered but developed me
    Document: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. In immunocompetent individuals, the infection is usually subclinical but it can sometimes be life threatening. We describe a case of fatal CMV proctitis in a 71-year-old man following an Ivor–Lewis esophagectomy. After surgery he developed renal failure, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. He recovered but developed melena and massive fresh rectal bleeding. Sigmoidoscopy revealed severe proctitis and a biopsy was consistent with ischemia. Despite undergoing a proctectomy he continued to bleed and died despite every effort. The final histological examination of the rectum revealed a CMV infection.

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