A case of gastric outlet obstruction accompanied by diffuse gastritis and gastric ulcer due to cytomegalovirus infection is presented. The patient, a woman aged 67 years with a long history of rheumatoid arthritis under immunosuppressive treatment (methotrexate), was admitted to our department complaining mostly of abdominal pain located in the epigastrium and the right abdomen. Upper gastroint...

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Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus infections remain one of the main concerns in the postoperative care of children with a liver transplantation. Most of the pediatric liver transplant recipients are seronegative for cytomegalovirus and/or Epstein-Barr virus at transplantation and this places them at marked risk for the development of cytomegalovirus/Epstein-Barr virus-related diseases. In ...

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is caused by production of platelet autoantibody. Then ITP can be various viral infections, including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C (HCV), cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, Zika virus and others [1].

OBJECTIVE The impact of cytomegalovirus reactivation during critical illness remains unclear and studies investigating prophylaxis in cytomegalovirus seropositive patients are being considered. This study investigates the association between cytomegalovirus seropositivity and outcome in a large population of nonimmunocompromised critically ill patients. DESIGN Cytomegalovirus serostatus was d...

Background: Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) can be associated with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, besides induced by drugs. We report a case of DIHS prolonged atypical clinical features and vasculitis precipitated drug allergy, CMV, other viral infections.

the aim of this study was to evaluate the immune system and lymphocyte function in 41 iranian β-thalassemic patients and 50 controls, ages ranging from 2 to 18 years. the patients consisted of 20 splenectomized and 21 non-splenectomized patients. they were treated with desferal, and had received repeated blood transfusion. laboratory investigations included measurement of total t lymphocytes, a...

conclusions only 11% of kidney transplant patients, even with a successful transplantation of the kidney and with an acceptable performance of the transplanted kidney, had an adequate level of vitamin d. although, we did not find any significant association between vitamin d levels and cmv infection during a 4-month follow-up after kidney transplantation. it was observed that, compared with the...