COVID-19 and Cytomegalovirus Co-infection: A Challenging Case of a Critically Ill Patient with Gastrointestinal Symptoms
  • Pedro HF Amaral
    Gastrointestinal Surgery Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Bernadete MC Ferreira
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Sergio Roll
    Gastrointestinal Surgery Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Precil DMM Neves
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Luca GA Pivetta
    Gastrointestinal Surgery Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Sara Mohrbacher
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Eduardo RM Dias
    Gastrointestinal Surgery Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Victor AH Sato
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Érico S Oliveira
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Leonardo VB Pereira
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Alessandra M Bales
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Luciana L Nardotto
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Jéssica N Ferreira
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Américo L Cuvello-Neto
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil
  • Pedro R Chocair
    Internal Medicine Service, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

Keywords

Colitis, COVID-19, cytomegalovirus, immunosuppression, intensive care unit

Abstract

COVID-19 is a severe disease that has reached pandemic status. To the best of our knowledge, we describe the first case of COVID-19 and cytomegalovirus (CMV) co-infection in a critically ill patient. We discuss the challenge of establishing the diagnosis as well as the management of tissue-invasive gastrointestinal CMV infection (TI-GI CMV) simulating vascular involvement and intestinal obstruction in a critically ill patient.

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    Published: 2020-09-02
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 10 (view)

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    Amaral P, Ferreira B, Roll S, Neves P, pivetta luca, Mohrbacher S, Dias E, Sato V, Oliveira Érico, Pereira L, Bales A, Nardoto L, Ferreira jessica, Cuvello-Neto A, Chocair P. COVID-19 and Cytomegalovirus Co-infection: A Challenging Case of a Critically Ill Patient with Gastrointestinal Symptoms. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_001911.