Author: Amaral, Pedro Hf; Ferreira, Bernadete Mc; Roll, Sergio; Neves, Precil Dmm; Pivetta, Luca Ga; Mohrbacher, Sara; Dias, Eduardo Rm; Sato, Victor Ah; Oliveira, Érico S; Pereira, Leonardo Vb; Bales, Alessandra M; Nardotto, Luciana L; Ferreira, Jéssica N; Cuvello-Neto, Américo L; Chocair, Pedro R
Title: COVID-19 and Cytomegalovirus Co-infection: A Challenging Case of a Critically Ill Patient with Gastrointestinal Symptoms. Cord-id: w3znk4sw Document date: 2020_1_1
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Snippet: COVID-19 is a severe disease that has reached pandemic status. To the best of our knowledge, we describe the first case of COVID-19 and cytomegalovirus (CMV) co-infection in a critically ill patient. We discuss the challenge of establishing the diagnosis as well as the management of tissue-invasive gastrointestinal CMV infection (TI-GI CMV) simulating vascular involvement and intestinal obstruction in a critically ill patient. LEARNING POINTS We describe a case of COVID-19 and cytomegalovirus (C
Document: COVID-19 is a severe disease that has reached pandemic status. To the best of our knowledge, we describe the first case of COVID-19 and cytomegalovirus (CMV) co-infection in a critically ill patient. We discuss the challenge of establishing the diagnosis as well as the management of tissue-invasive gastrointestinal CMV infection (TI-GI CMV) simulating vascular involvement and intestinal obstruction in a critically ill patient. LEARNING POINTS We describe a case of COVID-19 and cytomegalovirus (CMV) co-infection in a critically ill patient.Clinical symptoms simulated mesenteric vascular involvement and intestinal obstruction.The successful management of invasive CMV colitis in a patient with COVID-19 with atypical symptoms is described.
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