Cytomegalovirus haemorrhagic colitis complicating COVID-19 in an immunocompetent critically ill patient: A case report

Sophie Leemans; Evelyne Maillart; Héloïse Van Noten; Lucas Oliveira Dos Santos; Laura Maria Leahu; Prochore Kamgang; Andrea Gallerani; Philippe Clevenbergh

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3600

Cytomegalovirus haemorrhagic colitis complicating COVID-19 in an immunocompetent critically ill patient: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Dec 5;9(5):e03600. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3600. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Sophie Leemans¹, Evelyne Maillart¹, Héloïse Van Noten¹, Lucas Oliveira Dos Santos², Laura Maria Leahu³, Prochore Kamgang², Andrea Gallerani⁴, Philippe Clevenbergh¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann Brussels Belgium.
² Department of Internal Medicine Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann Brussels Belgium.
³ Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann Brussels Belgium.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care Medicine Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann Brussels Belgium.

Abstract

Suspicion threshold for opportunistic coinfections should be lowered in severe COVID-19. Serum CMV polymerase chain reaction and colonoscopy should be discussed in presence of persistent digestive disturbances.

Keywords: COVID‐19; coronavirus; critically ill; cytomegalovirus; immunodepression; lymphopenia.

Publication types

Case Reports