[Cytomegalovirus colitis in an immunocompetent elderly patient]

Abstract

Gastrointestinal tract involvement due to cytomegalovirus infection is a condition that usually occurs in immunocompromised patients, but is uncommon in immunocompetent patients. In a review of 33 cases, the median age was 68 years, and the accompanying symptoms were diarrhoea (76%), abdominal pain (52%), and haematochezia, or melena (27%)^. The case is presented of ctyomegalovirus colitis in an 85 year-old man with no previously identified immunocompromised states.

Keywords: Colitis; Cytomegalovirus infections; Gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Hemorragia gastrointestinal; Immunocompetence; Infecciones por citomegalovirus; Inmunocompetencia.