1. Compared with patients without detectable infective agents dysphagia, abdominal pain, weight loss, and diarrhoea were more frequent in patients with cytomegalovirus infection. 2. We report a case of gold induced enterocolitis complicated by cytomegalovirus infection that responded to treatment with intravenous gangcyclovir. 3. Histology showed severe panproctocolitis and ileitis with scanty intranuclear and cytoplasmic inclusion bodies suggestive of cytomegalovirus infection. 4. Like others, we found in situ hybridisation to be more sensitive than immunostaining for confirmation of cytomegalovirus infection. 5. Perhaps gold induced immunosuppression contributed to the development of cytomegalovirus infection. 6. Also, concomitant cytomegalovirus infection should be borne in mind in such circumstances. 7. Cytomegalovirus infection was found contemporaneously at some site in the body in six individuals. 8. All six patients with active cytomegalovirus infection were treated with infusions of foscarnet. 9. Cytomegalovirus infections are very common, and usually symptomless, Epstein said. 10. Getty started to receive a drug, foscarnet, to help prevent development of cytomegalovirus infection, which can be a devastating complication of AIDS. |