Esophageal ulceration due to cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with acute retroviral syndrome.

Abstract

Opportunistic infections during primary infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 have occasionally been reported in the medical literature, and those caused by cytomegalovirus have tended to be severe and prolonged. We describe a 40-year-old man who had acute retroviral syndrome complicated by a severe cytomegalovirus-induced esophageal ulceration, which was successfully treated with total parenteral nutrition and ganciclovir in addition to highly active antiretroviral therapy.

• Authors: Nicholas J Vietri, Peter J Skidmore, David P Dooley
• Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis) Vol. 34 Issue 1 Pg. E14-5 (Jan 01 2002) ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 11731967 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections (drug therapy, virology)
• Acute Disease
• Adult
• Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
• Cytomegalovirus Infections (drug therapy, etiology)
• Esophageal Diseases (drug therapy, etiology, virology)
• Female
• HIV Infections (complications, drug therapy)
• Humans