Gastrointestinal CMV Disease and Tuberculosis in an AIDS Patient: Synergistic Interaction between Opportunistic Coinfections

Table 2

Main differences between intestinal cytomegalovirus and intestinal tuberculosis.

	Intestinal CMV	Intestinal tuberculosis
Lesion’s features	Large and solitary ulcer or multiple ulcers, erosions, and mucosal hemorrhage	Solitary ulcer with an excavating base and rolled-up nodular edges
Main distribution in the gastrointestinal tract	Colon	Ileocecal valve
Gender	No predilection for gender	Male
Infection prevalence in HIV patients	3–5%	37%
Relation to immunosuppression degree	TCD4 <50 cells/dL	Any TCD4 cell counts
Main geographic distribution	South America, Asia, and Africa	South America, Asia, and Africa