Colonic cytomegalovirus detection by mucosal PCR and antiviral therapy in ulcerative colitis.

Colonic cytomegalovirus detection by mucosal PCR and antiviral therapy in ulcerative colitis.

<h4>Background</h4>We aimed to identify the risk factors associated with colonic cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in ulcerative colitis (UC) and to compare the clinical course between antiviral therapy-treated and -untreated groups in mucosal CMV-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) -positive...

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Main Authors: Koki Okahara, Naoyoshi Nagata, Takayuki Shimada, Akane Joya, Tsunefusa Hayashida, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Shinichi Oka, Toshiyuki Sakurai, Naomi Uemura, Junichi Akiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0183951&type=printable

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