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Steroid-refractory inflammatory bowel disease is a risk factor for CMV infection.

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2016

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Aslı Örmeci, F. Akyüz, Bülent Baran, Özlem Mutluay Soyer, Suut Göktürk, Mustafa Önel, Dilek Onel, Ali Ağaçfidan, Gülçin Yeğen, Mine Güllüoğlu,
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Abstract

CMV infection should be suspected in steroid-resistant UC and CD. Antiviral treatment improved the clinical outcome in steroid-resistant IBD cases with serum CMV DNA levels above 1000 copies/mL.