Esophagitis in a Post‐Liver Transplant Patient: A Case of Cytomegalovirus and Herpes Simplex Virus‐1 Coinfection
Ammad Javaid Chaudhary, Taher Jamali, Abdullah Sohail, Christian E Keller, Allyce Caines, Mazen ELatrache · 2024
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Ammad Javaid Chaudhary and co-authors present a 2024 case report on a rare double infection in a transplant patient. The woman had a new liver placed six years before and took drugs that calm the immune system. She came in with hard swallowing, and a camera exam showed severe sores along her food pipe.
Tissue tests found two viruses at once in the sores, a rare pairing that can lead to bleeding or a torn pipe wall. Doctors gave an antiviral drug and paused one immune drug. Her symptoms cleared and the viruses vanished, and a later exam showed the sores had healed. A yeast infection found later was treated as well. The authors urge early camera checks and tissue tests in such patients.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ammad Javaid Chaudhary, Taher Jamali, Abdullah Sohail, Christian E Keller, Allyce Caines, Mazen ELatrache |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |