Ann Clin Case Rep | Volume 6, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Cytomegalovirus Colitis- an Uncommon Complication of COVID-19 Infection in an Immunocompetent Man

Thomas Fincham^1*, Bahij Al-Hakim², Nadeem Sarwar², Theodora Jones¹ and Jamil Choudhury³

¹Department of Ageing and Complex Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, UK ²Department of Gastroenterology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, UK ³Department of Pathology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, UK

^*Correspondance to: Thomas Fincham 

Abstract

A 78 year old gentleman presented to hospital with COVID-19 pneumonitis requiring treatment with supplemental oxygen and dexamethasone. His inpatient stay was complicated with hematochezia on the background of a short history of watery diarrhea. An area of deep distal rectal ulceration was demonstrated on his colonoscopy which was later shown to be secondary to CMV infection. Although CMV co-infection with COVID-19 has been reported previously this is the first case describing a patient presenting with overt hematochezia.

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Citation:

Fincham T, Al-Hakim B, Sarwar N, Jones T, Choudhury J. Cytomegalovirus Colitis- an Uncommon Complication of COVID-19 Infection in an Immunocompetent Man. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2021; 6: 1990..