Endoscopic diagnosis of cytomegalovirus gastritis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Table 2 Clinical features in patients with and without CMV gastritis

Variables			Patients with CMV gastritis (n = 7)	Patients without CMV gastritis (n = 108)
Gastrointestinal symptoms at EGD		Nausea	2	60
		Vomiting	1	26
		Abdominal pain	5a	31a
		Abdominal discomfort	2	23
		Hematemesis	1	2
		Tarry stool	2	6
		Watery diarrhea	4	32
		Appetite loss	0	40
CMV	Median onset of CMV gastritis	Days (range)	63 (33-167)	NA
	CMV antigenemia (C7-HRP) at EGD	Positive/negative/not done	6b/1/0	28b/71/9
		Median number of positive cells per 50 000 (range)	8d (0-143)	0d (0-167)
	Involved organs of CMV diseases	Esophagitis/duodenitis/enterocolitis/	1/2/1/0/0	0/0/4/0/0
		pneumonitis/retinitis
GVHD		Positive (clinical grade: I/II/III/IV)	7c (2/2/3/0)	65c (45/10/9/1)

EGD: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; NA: Not applicable.

^aP = 0.030,

^bP = 0.0026,

^cP = 0.044,

^dP = 0.0023.