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Table 5 Clinical course of CMV colitis in IBD patients

From: Cytomegalovirus colitis in hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease patients in Taiwan: a referral center study

Variables

Ulcerative colitis

n = 5 (%)

Crohn’s disease

n = 6 (%)

Treatment

 Gancyclovir > 14 days

4 (80)

4(66.7)

 No treatment

1 (20)

2 (33.3)

Outcome

 Colectomy

0 (0)

2 (33.3)

 Flare-up

2 (40)

3 (50)

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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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