Decreased Serum Tryptophan and Severe Ulcerative Damage of Colon Mucosa Identify Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients With High Risk of Cytomegalovirus Colitis.
Sophia RüsingLina WelzConstanze PfitzerDanielle Monica HarrisChristoph RöckenPhilip RosenstielSusanna NikolausFlorian TranStefan SchreiberKonrad AdenLaura Katharina SieversPublished in: Clinical and translational gastroenterology (2024)
Taken together, we identify decreased serum tryptophan as a novel potential minimally invasive marker to aid identification of IBD patients with active CMV colitis and at high risk for relapse.