Cytomegalovirus (CMV) esophagitis is a viral infection of the esophagus, the muscular tube through which food travels from the mouth to the stomach.

See also:

• CMV gastroenteritis
• CMV retinitis
• Cytomegalovirus - immunocompromised host
• Congenital cytomegalovirus

Cytomegalovirus esophagitis

CMV is caused by the cytomegalovirus (CMV). This condition usually affects people who have a weakened immune system.

Symptoms include:

• Difficult and painful swallowing
• Low-grade fever
• Mouth sores (oral lesions)

• Blood and urine culture
• CMV antigenemia
• Cold agglutinins
• Culture of cells obtained from an esophageal brushing
• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with or without a biopsy