Cytomegalovirus cholangitis presenting with recurrent hemobilia

I M Tleyjeh; G Georgescu; A Virk; E D Barajas; Z Mirzoyev; N Anavekar; L M Baddour

doi:10.1007/s10096-005-0016-8

Cytomegalovirus cholangitis presenting with recurrent hemobilia

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005 Sep;24(9):634-6. doi: 10.1007/s10096-005-0016-8.

Authors

I M Tleyjeh¹, G Georgescu, A Virk, E D Barajas, Z Mirzoyev, N Anavekar, L M Baddour

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. Tleyjeh.imad@mayo.edu

PMID: 16175357
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0016-8

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) cholangitis is a rare manifestation of CMV infection that has previously been described only in HIV-infected patients and solid-organ-transplant recipients. Reported here is a case of CMV cholangitis that occurred in a patient on chronic corticosteroid therapy who presented with recurrent hemobilia and biliary obstruction and was successfully treated with ganciclovir and cholecystostomy. A search of the medical literature revealed no previous case of this kind.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / adverse effects
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Cholangitis / drug therapy
Cholangitis / etiology*
Cholangitis / surgery
Cholecystostomy
Cytomegalovirus Infections / drug therapy
Cytomegalovirus Infections / etiology*
Ganciclovir / therapeutic use
Hemobilia / etiology*
Hemobilia / surgery
Humans
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / complications
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / drug therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Recurrence

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Antiviral Agents
Ganciclovir