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The prevalence of cytomegalovirus in the burn population is high. However, its role in the clinical management of burn patients is still being defined. This report documents a 41-year-old man who developed cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis after being admitted with a 72% burn. Before the administration of ganciclovir, the authors had difficulty controlling his quantitative wound cultures with serial debridements, topical agents, and systemic antibiotics for known pathogens, which led to graft loss. After the ganciclovir was given, his quantitative wound cultures improved without changing the authors' topical agents or systemic antibiotics and had improved graft take. Whether CMV infection alone contributed to an increased morbidity in this patient or the combination of bacteria/fungal infection with CMV led to a synergistic effect is still not clearly understood. CMV may have contributed to a dysfunction in his cell mediated immunity, which, in turn, lowered the bacterial and fungal load necessary to cause graft loss. Patients who continue to do poorly despite adequate treatment for known pathogens may need to be screened for CMV and treated.
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Quemaduras/complicaciones , Colitis/virología , Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/complicaciones , Adulto , Antivirales/uso terapéutico , Quemaduras/virología , Colitis/complicaciones , Citomegalovirus , Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/tratamiento farmacológico , Rechazo de Injerto/virología , Humanos , Masculino , Cicatrización de HeridasRESUMEN
Recent randomized studies comparing outcomes after pneumatic dilation (PD) and laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) for the treatment of achalasia are conflicting and limited to short-term follow-up. Our meta-analysis compared the long-term durability of these approaches, with the hypothesis that LHM offers superior long-term remission compared with PD. We identified 36 studies published between 2001 and 2011 with at least 5 years of follow-up. Those studies describing PD included 3211 patients (mean age, 49.8 y). For PD, the mean 5-year remission rate was 61.9% and the mean 10-year remission rate was 47.9%. Overall, 1526 patients (mean age, 46.3 y) were treated with LHM; 83% received a fundoplication. In contrast, the mean 5- and 10-year remission rates after LHM were 76.1% and 79.6%, respectively. Finally, the perforation rate for LHM was twice that of PD (4.8% vs. 2.4%; P<0.05). We conclude that despite a higher frequency of perforation, LHM affords greater long-term durability.