Protracted primary cytomegalovirus infection presenting as ileoanal pouchitis in a non-immunosuppressed patient: a case report

Pouchitis often occurs after proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. It is usually deemed idiopathic and commonly responds to antibacterial therapy. To date, only a few cases of cytomegalovirus pouchitis have been documented, and only a single report describes pouchitis in a case of assumed primary cytomegalovirus infection. A 26-year-old Caucasian woman underwent proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis...