INTRODUCTION The occurrence of cytomegalovirus colitis is well known in immunosuppressed patients, such as neoplastic patients following chemotherapy, although its exact etiology remains unclear. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of cytomegalovirus colitis occurring in a 77-year-old man with vomiting and diarrhea 2 weeks after initial systemic chemotherapy consisting of 5-fluorouracil, leuc...

conclusions according to the low prevalence of hcmv in oscc, it seems that this virus plays a minor role in this kind of cancer at least in southeast of iran. more comprehensive studies are needed to investigate the oncomodulatory effect of this virus on oscc. results the mean age of the patients (66.7% female and 33.3% male) was 58.6 years. only three cases (6.3%) of the grade i, oscc biopsies...

patients and methods in this study, 87 specimens from iranian patients were amplified using nested pcr amplification of the ul97 gene. sequence analyses of products were performed for identifying the mutated codons. results the present study show that the most frequent gcv-resistant mutations occurred in codons a594v (26.43%), h520q (18.39%), and m460v (13.79%), consequently occurring at a low ...

the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) as applied to detection of a foreign dna in clinical specimens could provide a sensitive instrument for rapid detection of viral dna persisting in tissues of patients suspected of latent infection. human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) dna was found in arterial plaques of patients with atherosclerotic lesions using a pcr assay with nested primer oligonucleotides deriv...

the human cytomegalovirus (cmv) is widely distributed among the human population as one of the most common causes of congenital infection with an incidence of about 0.15-2.0% in developed countries.in this case report we present a female neonate (with a maternal history of flu-like syndrome in 30 weeks of pregnancy) delivered via caesarian section with good reflexes and appropriate apgar score,...

cytomegalovirus (cmv) infection is one of the most common infections that affects humans’ cardiovascular system. although the literature includes controversial evidence for any correlation between cmv infection and arterial atherosclerosis, the majority of studies, especially those with larger patient population and stronger data stand for such a relationship. however, the number of prospective...

Cytomegalovirus colitis is uncommon in immunocompetent hosts. Thus, a case of bloody diarrhoea and weight loss in an immunocompetent elderly man is reported. Cytomegalovirus colitis was diagnosed by identifying inclusion bodies with positive immunohistochemistry for cytomegalovirus in the histological specimens obtained by colonoscopy. The patient responded to gancyclovir treatment. We conclude...

background and objective: opportunistic infections are the leading cause of death among patients subjected to the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids). the aim of this study was to compare the seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus (cmv)  and toxoplasmosis infection in newly diagnosed hiv infected patients with healthy controls and it’s correlat...

BACKGROUND Several studies have suggested that cytomegalovirus infection is likely associated with an increased relative risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, the results are inconsistent. We aimed to provide a systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based prospective studies assessing the association between cytomegalovirus infection and relative risk of CVD. METHODS AND RE...