None listed
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Among patients who underwent colonoscopy or sigmoidscopy for acute exacerbation of ulcerative colitis, patients who underwent histologic examination for the presence of cytomegalovirus colitis
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients diagnosed with an unclassified-IBD 2. Less than 1 year follow-up 3. Patients who had already undergone colonic resection prior to biopsy 4. Patients who were not treated for acute exacerbation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Colectomy;Rehospitalization due to aggravation or complication of disease;Rate of death | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Predictive factors for colectomy, rehospitalizaion and death;Analysis of clinical characteristics and prognosis according to antiviral treatment;Analysis of clinical characteristics and prognosis according to cytomegalovirus density (low density vs high density);Predictive factors for cytomegalovirus re-infection | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Kyung Hee University Hospital