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AI InsightEvery neonatal gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus infection case has been described in the literature as a necrotizing enterocolitis-like illness, but none of them clearly identifies whether cytomegalovirus was the patho- gen responsible for causing necrotizing enterocolitis or whether cytomegalovirus occured as an infection during the course of necro- tizing enterocolitis
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Abstract
Cytomegalovirus infection can cause gastrointestinal disease, especially in immunocompromised patients and premature infants. In the neonatal period, however, gastrointestinal involvement is infrequent. A case of cytomegalovirus enteritis and jejunal stricture in a preterm neonate is presented. The diagnosis was established after the histopathology of the surgical specimen demonstrated the presence of cytomegalovirus inclusion bodies. Every neonatal gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus infection case has been described in the literature as a necrotizing enterocolitis-like illness, but none of them clearly identifies whether cytomegalovirus was the patho- gen responsible for causing necrotizing enterocolitis or whether cytomegalovirus occured as an infection during the course of necro- tizing enterocolitis
Özet
Sitomegalovirüs enfeksiyonu, özellikle prematüre doğmuş bebeklerde ve immün yetmezliği olan hastalarda gastrointestinal hasta- lığa yol açabilir. Yenidoğan döneminde gastrointestinal tutulum nadirdir. Bu makalede prematüre doğmuş bebekte sitomegalovi- rüs enteriti ve jejunal striktür birlikteliği sunulmuştur. Cerrahi olarak çıkarılan barsak segmentinde histopatolojik olarak sitome- galovirüs inklüzyon cisimciklerinin görülmesiyle tanı konulmuştur. Literatürdeki sitomegalovirüs enfeksiyonuna bağlı gastrointes- tinal tutulumu olan yenidoğanlarda, nekrotizan enterokolit benzeri semptomlar görülmüştür. Ancak, bu vakalarda sitomegalovi- rüs enfeksiyonunun nekrotizan enterokolit ile ilişkisi gösterilememiştir