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ArticleCrohn's & colitis 3602024

Cytomegalovirus Colitis in a Patient with Severe Treatment Refractory Ulcerative Colitis.

Michelle M Bao, Juliana M Kennedy, Michael T Dolinger, David Dunkin, Joanne Lai, Marla C Dubinsky

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Article in Crohn's & colitis 360, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Updated review of Janus kinase inhibitors for the management of inflammatory bowel disease.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2026
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  3. Effectiveness and safety of upadacitinib in refractory pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: A single-arm meta-analysis of observational studies.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2026
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  6. Potential Role of Upadacitinib in Cytomegalovirus Colitis Recurrence.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michelle M BaoDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9489-9139
Juliana M KennedyDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA.
Michael T DolingerDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9023-4948
David DunkinDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7921-134X
Joanne LaiDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA.
Marla C DubinskyDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4968-5795
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) can be reactivated in ulcerative colitis (UC), but its role in progression of inflammation is unclear. Risk factors include severe colitis and treatment with immunosuppressive medications, particularly corticosteroids and immunomodulators. Methods: We report a case of cytomegalovirus colitis in a pediatric patient with pancolitis who had been refractory to aminosalicylate, infliximab, and ustekinumab and was in clinical remission and with transmural response on upadacitinib. Results: This is a case of a 13-year-old male with UC refractory to multiple therapies who were in clinical remission on upadacitinib 30 mg daily. He developed an acute increase in symptoms and did not respond to therapy escalation with increased upadacitinib 45 mg daily for 2 weeks and prednisone for 1 week. He was diagnosed with cytomegalovirus colitis on flexible sigmoidoscopy biopsy. He was treated with intravenous ganciclovir with tapering of immunosuppressive regimen. Despite initial response, he underwent subtotal colectomy and subsequent restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal-anastomosis. Conclusions: Despite our patient having multiple risk factors for developing CMV colitis, upadacitinib may have played a role when considering its known impact on the herpes family of viruses. CMV colitis should be evaluated for in any patient who presents with worsening symptoms without evidence of other infection or response to increase in therapy.

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Cytomegalovirus colitisulcerative colitisupadacitinib

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PMID38444641
PMCPMC10914341
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