Age can be a Problem: Clostridium difficile and Cytomegalovirus Colitis Coinfection in an Immunocompetent 90-year-old Patient
Clostridium difficile colitis and cytomegalovirus colitis coinfection has been documented in immunocompromised patients. However, this kind of coinfection has rarely been reported in immunocompetent patients. We present a 90-year-old, critically ill, immunocompetent patient, who had a C. difficile a...
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Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)
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| author | Po-Hsun Chen I-Ta Lu Bor-Jen Lee Chen-Yu Wang Chien-Kuan Lee |
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| description | Clostridium difficile colitis and cytomegalovirus colitis coinfection has been documented in immunocompromised patients. However, this kind of coinfection has rarely been reported in immunocompetent patients. We present a 90-year-old, critically ill, immunocompetent patient, who had a C. difficile and cytomegalovirus colitis coinfection. Although the common risk factors of both types of colitis are well known, clinical physicians still need to be alert to this coinfection because severe complications of CMV colitis have been reported previously. Physicians should be more aggressive in the management of elderly immunocompetent patients with refractory symptoms of colitis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1026843c397e41e5853997d8f15700bb2022-12-22T02:06:25ZengTaiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)International Journal of Gerontology1873-95982015-06-019213013210.1016/j.ijge.2015.05.001Age can be a Problem: Clostridium difficile and Cytomegalovirus Colitis Coinfection in an Immunocompetent 90-year-old PatientPo-Hsun Chen0I-Ta Lu1Bor-Jen Lee2Chen-Yu Wang3Chien-Kuan Lee4Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan, ROCDepartment of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan, ROCDepartment of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan, ROCDepartment of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan, ROCDepartment of Pathology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan, ROCClostridium difficile colitis and cytomegalovirus colitis coinfection has been documented in immunocompromised patients. However, this kind of coinfection has rarely been reported in immunocompetent patients. We present a 90-year-old, critically ill, immunocompetent patient, who had a C. difficile and cytomegalovirus colitis coinfection. Although the common risk factors of both types of colitis are well known, clinical physicians still need to be alert to this coinfection because severe complications of CMV colitis have been reported previously. Physicians should be more aggressive in the management of elderly immunocompetent patients with refractory symptoms of colitis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959815000319Clostridium difficile colitiscoinfectioncytomegalovirus colitis |
| spellingShingle | Po-Hsun Chen I-Ta Lu Bor-Jen Lee Chen-Yu Wang Chien-Kuan Lee Age can be a Problem: Clostridium difficile and Cytomegalovirus Colitis Coinfection in an Immunocompetent 90-year-old Patient International Journal of Gerontology Clostridium difficile colitis coinfection cytomegalovirus colitis |
| title | Age can be a Problem: Clostridium difficile and Cytomegalovirus Colitis Coinfection in an Immunocompetent 90-year-old Patient |
| title_full | Age can be a Problem: Clostridium difficile and Cytomegalovirus Colitis Coinfection in an Immunocompetent 90-year-old Patient |
| title_fullStr | Age can be a Problem: Clostridium difficile and Cytomegalovirus Colitis Coinfection in an Immunocompetent 90-year-old Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age can be a Problem: Clostridium difficile and Cytomegalovirus Colitis Coinfection in an Immunocompetent 90-year-old Patient |
| title_short | Age can be a Problem: Clostridium difficile and Cytomegalovirus Colitis Coinfection in an Immunocompetent 90-year-old Patient |
| title_sort | age can be a problem clostridium difficile and cytomegalovirus colitis coinfection in an immunocompetent 90 year old patient |
| topic | Clostridium difficile colitis coinfection cytomegalovirus colitis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959815000319 |
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