Seroprevalence of CMV infection in patients with active ulcerative colitis and underlying factors of pathogenicity
The prevalence of CMV in patients with active UC highlighted the necessity of accurately diagnosing the presence of latent or active CMV infection before initiating treatment. Furthermore, the role of corticosteroid uses in CMV reactivation and the severity of colitis should not be underestimated.
Authors
- Niloofar Faraji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5796-7157)
- Kurosh Askari
- Narges Eslami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0749-9548)
- Farahnaz Joukar
- Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6747-0232)
- Mohammad Almasi
- G H Ghorbani
- Navid Yusefi
Institutions
- Guilan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11156-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Guilan University of Medical Sciences