| Conditions |
Patients older than 18 years with clinical suspicion of CMV colitis were enrolled. The criteria for clinically suspicious of CMV colitis included: __i) presence of at least one of the risk factors, including human immunodeficiency virus infection, solid organ or hematologic stem cell transplantations, hematologic malignancy, inflammatory bowel disease, taking immunosuppressive agents or chemotherapy, and critically ill with multiple comorbidities, and__ ii) presenting with gastrointestinal tract symptoms, including abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, diarrhea, and bowel ileus. stool CMV, cytomegalovirus, serum CMV, CMV colitis, CMV polymerase chain reaction;stool CMV, cytomegalovirus, serum CMV, CMV colitis, CMV polymerase chain reaction |
| Interventions |
Patients with the detection of either cytomegalic cells or IHC-CMV cells were diagnosed with CMV colitis.,Patients older than 18 years with clinical suspicion of CMV colitis but negative biopsy for CMV.,Asymptomatic patients underwent colonoscopy for screening.;Diagnostic,Diagnostic,Diagnostic;CMV colitis,Non-CMV colitis ,Healthy volunteers |