CMV Esophagitis

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CMV esophagitis

Upper gastrointestinal system

• low grade fever
• difficult and painful swallowing
• oral lesions (mouth sores)

• EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy) with a biopsy
• culture of cells obtained from an esophageal brushing
• esophagogastroduodenoscopy shows CMV by culture
• blood and urine culture shows CMV
• cold agglutinins may be drawn
• CMV antigenemia in the blood may be positive

Review Date: 02/13/2006
Reviewed By: Monica Gandhia, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.