Cytomegalovirus hemorrhagic colitis in an immunocompetent patient with COVID-19 infection: A case report

Neha Mehta; Sangam Shah; Madhur Bhattarai; Rajan Chamlagain; Amir Joshi; Ashish Mehta; Dinesh Koirala

doi:10.1177/2050313X231184179

Cytomegalovirus hemorrhagic colitis in an immunocompetent patient with COVID-19 infection: A case report

SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2023 Jul 3:11:2050313X231184179. doi: 10.1177/2050313X231184179. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Neha Mehta¹, Sangam Shah², Madhur Bhattarai², Rajan Chamlagain¹, Amir Joshi¹, Ashish Mehta³, Dinesh Koirala⁴

Affiliations

¹ Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
² Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
³ B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Abstract

In coronavirus disease-19, we should suspect the opportunistic coinfections even in immunocompetent individuals. In the presence of recurrent gastrointestinal problems, colonoscopy should be done with biopsy and histopathology to diagnose the opportunistic infection, such as cytomegalovirus colitis, in patient with coronavirus disease-19. Here, we report a case of immunocompetent male with coronavirus disease-19 presenting with per rectal bleeding diagnosed as cytomegalovirus colitis.

Keywords: colitis; coronavirus disease-19; cytomegalovirus.

Publication types

Case Reports