Cytomegalovirus infection causing pseudomembranous colitis
Franco, J.; Massey, B.T.; Komorowski, R.
American Journal of Gastroenterology 89(12): 2246-2248
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270 PMID: 7977254 Document Number: 438340
A liver transplant patient with previous episodes of diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis due to Clostridium difficile subsequently developed pseudomembranous colitis due to cytomegalovirus. The patient responded to ganciclovir. Cytomegalovirus infection should be considered in the differential of pseudomembranous colitis in immunocompromised patients, particularly when C. difficile toxin assays or cultures are negative.