Cytomegalovirus Disease in Nonimmunocompromised, Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Negative Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (2014) 47, 345e349 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.e-jmii.com ORIGINAL ARTICLE Cytomegalovirus disease in nonimmunocompromised, human immunodeficiency virus-negative adults with chronic kidney disease Yao-Ming Chen a,h, Yuan-Pin Hung a,b,c,h, Chien-Fang Huang b,d, Nan-Yao Lee b,e, Chiung-Yu Chen b,f, Junne-Ming Sung b,f, Chia-Ming Chang b,e, Po-Lin Chen b,c, Ching-Chi Lee b,e, Yi-Hui Wu b,g, Hsiao-Ju Lin a,b,c, Wen-Chien Ko b,e,f,* a Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan b Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan c Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan d Department of Internal Medicine, Kuo General Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan e Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan f Department of Medicine, Medical College, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan g Department of Internal Medicine, PingTung Christian Hospital, PingTung, Taiwan Received 17 May 2012; received in revised form 23 September 2012; accepted 25 January 2013 Available online 6 March 2013 KEYWORDS Background/Purpose(s): To identify the clinical characteristics of cytomegalovirus (CMV) dis- Chronic kidney ease in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. disease; Methods: Patients from two sources were reviewed: (1) a retrospective study of hospitalized pa- Cytomegalovirus; tients admitted between January 1990 and February 2009 was performed at a tertiary hospital in Gastrointestinal tract Taiwan; (2) the English literature from 1990 to 2009 was reviewed for additional cases, and adults disease with CKD and histopathologically documented cytomegalovirus disease were included.
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