AI Article Synopsis

  • CMV infection usually doesn't make healthy people sick, but it can be serious for those with weak immune systems.
  • In a rare case, a patient with HIV experienced severe breathing problems and fluid around the heart because of CMV.
  • Doctors found that CMV was the only germ causing these problems after examining samples from the patient's lungs and heart.

Article Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is asymptomatic in the majority of immunocompetent patients. However, it can cause severe presentations, particularly in patients who are immunocompromised. We are reporting a rare association between respiratory failure secondary to cavitary pneumonia and a large pericardial effusion due to CMV infection in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus. The patient presented with hypoxic respiratory failure and a large pericardial effusion at risk of tamponade. After extensive investigation, the sole pathogen identified in the patient's bronchoalveolar lavage and pericardial fluid was CMV.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462861PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1954283DOI Listing

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