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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 7, 2021; 27(25): 3948-3950
Published online Jul 7, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i25.3948
Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease secondary to measles in an immunocompetent infant
Chao-Ming Hung, Po-Huang Lee, Hui-Ming Lee, Chong-Chi Chiu
Chao-Ming Hung, Hui-Ming Lee, Chong-Chi Chiu, Department of General Surgery, E-Da Cancer Hospital, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
Chao-Ming Hung, Po-Huang Lee, Hui-Ming Lee, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
Po-Huang Lee, Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
Chong-Chi Chiu, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
Author contributions: Chiu CC conceived, wrote, and submitted the manuscript; Hung CM provided critical opinion; Lee PH revised the manuscript; Lee HM searched the related references during the preparation process.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have nothing to disclose.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Chong-Chi Chiu, MD, Professor, Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, E-Da Cancer Hospital, No. 21 Yi-Da Road, Jiao-Su Village, Yan-Chao District, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan. chiuchongchi@gmail.com
Received: April 23, 2021
Peer-review started: April 23, 2021
First decision: May 27, 2021
Revised: June 3, 2021
Accepted: June 16, 2021
Article in press: June 16, 2021
Published online: July 7, 2021
Core Tip

Core Tip: We want to discuss the diagnosis and treatment issues in the rare gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease secondary to measles infection.