Cytomegalovirus Infection Seen After Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis – A Case Report
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2021
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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) also known as Churg- Strauss syndrome is a systemic smalland medium-vessel necrotizing vasculitis, characterized by extravascular granulomas, and eosinophilia. Treatment isprimarily with corticosteroids and, for severe disease, addition of other immunosuppressive agents. Here, Here, wewant to present a 57-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with EGPA and developed an opportunistic infectionas the cause of hepatitis after treatment. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common cause of opportunistic infection andcan cause various symptoms and even mortality in immunocompromized patients. It is rarely cause of acute hepatitis.Opportunistic infections may cause vasculitis as well as reactivate after immunosuppressed treatments.