DISSEMINATED CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT ADULT SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH GANCICLOVIR

We report the case of a previously healthy man who suffered a disseminated cytomegalovirus infection, He presented with prolonged fever, weight loss of 8 kg, anicteric hepatitis, upper digestive tract bleeding from gastric ulcers, acute polyneuritis and bilateral retinitis. Immunodeficiency was not detected either during admission or during a 3-year follow-up period, The patient was treated with ganciclovir (5 mg/kg BID) during 4 weeks with a favourable clinical outcome. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case with such characteristics.