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ArticleMediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases2020

Cytomegalovirus-Induced Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Pancreatitis Complicating Severe Covid-19 Pneumonia: A Paradigmatic Case.

Giacomo Marchi, Alice Vianello, Ernesto Crisafulli, Alessio Maroccia, Stefano Francesco Crinò, Sara Pecori, Giulia A Zamboni, Fulvia Mazzaferri, Evelina Tacconelli, Domenico Girelli

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Article in Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cytomegalovirus reactivation in patients diagnosed with severe COVID-19: A point prevalence study in a general hospital.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2023
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  2. Dengue and Acute Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025
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  5. The Pancreas in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection.Gastroenterology clinics of North America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giacomo MarchiDepartment of Medicine, Internal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Alice VianelloDepartment of Medicine, Internal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Ernesto CrisafulliDepartment of Medicine, Internal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Alessio MarocciaDepartment of Medicine, Internal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Stefano Francesco CrinòDepartment of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Sara PecoriDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Pathology, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Giulia A ZamboniDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Radiology, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Fulvia MazzaferriDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Infectious Disease, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Evelina TacconelliDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Infectious Disease, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Domenico GirelliDepartment of Medicine, Internal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
University of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 is a new pandemic disease whose pathophysiology and clinical description are still not completely defined. Besides respiratory symptoms and fever, gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms (including especially anorexia, diarrhea, and abdominal pain) represent the most frequent clinical manifestations. Emerging data point out that severe SARS-CoV-2 infection causes an immune dysregulation, which in turn may favor other infections. Here we describe a patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia who developed in the resolving phase abdominal pain associated with cytomegalovirus (CMV)-induced duodenitis with bleeding and pancreatitis. A high level of suspicion toward multiple infections, including CMV, should be maintained in COVID-19 patients with heterogeneous clinical manifestations.

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CytomegalovirusSARS-CaV-2

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PMID32952971
PMCPMC7485475
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