conclusions the results of this study showed a possible association between cmv infection and ms. further experimental and epidemiological studies using case-control approaches are needed to confirm this association. results anti-cmv was positive in 65 (79.3%) and 69 (77.5%) of the ms patients and healthy subjects, respectively (p= 0.853). similarly, 23 (28%) and 2 (2.2%) patients were positive...

Thrombosis associated with acute cytomegalovirus infection has been reported many times in the literature since the mid 1980s - mainly in case reports and in small case series, but also in four controlled studies. Still, many physicians are unaware of this association although acute cytomegalovirus infection diagnosis in a thrombosis patient may warrant antiviral therapy and may affect anticoag...

Ribavirin (1-beta-d-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide), a new synthetic nucleoside, inhibited murine cytomegalovirus in cell culture. This was shown by the inhibition of viral cytopathic effect and plaque formation, as well as reduction in the yield of virus. Despite this in vitro antiviral effect, ribavirin did not protect mice from mortality produced by a high inoculum of cytomegalov...

INTRODUCTION Cytomegalovirus-associated thrombosis has rarely been reported in the medical literature, and if so, mainly in immunocompromized patients. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 36-year-old Caucasian woman with acute cytomegalovirus infection presenting with spontaneous splenic infarcts. Trans-esophageal echocardiography did not show any vegetations or mural thrombi. The patie...

Cytomegalovirus is the most important viral infection in kidney transplants, but rarely affects the allograft after the sixth month posttransplantation. We present a patient who developed renal failure eighteen months posttransplant; a kidney biopsy showed cytomegalovirus inclusions, acute tubular necrosis and mild interstitial nephritis. After intravenous ganciclovir, renal function transientl...

INTRODUCTION Cytomegalovirus is a common virus responsible for a wide range of clinical manifestations. Hemolysis is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of cytomegalovirus infection, described mostly in immunocompromised patients, the pathogenesis of which is still unclear.We performed a review of the literature regarding cases of hemolytic anemia during acute cytomegalovirus i...

A case of gastric outlet obstruction accompanied by diffuse gastritis and gastric ulcer due to cytomegalovirus infection is presented. The patient, a woman aged 67 years with a long history of rheumatoid arthritis under immunosuppressive treatment (methotrexate), was admitted to our department complaining mostly of abdominal pain located in the epigastrium and the right abdomen. Upper gastroint...

1. Stagno S. Cytomegalovirus. In: Remington JS, Klein JO. Infectious diseases of the fetus and newborn. 4th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1995: 312-53. 2. Bale JF, O'Neil ME, Fowler SS, Murph JR. Analysis of acquired human cytomegalovirus infections by polymerase chain reaction. J Clin Microbiol 1993;31:2433-8. 3. Studahl M, Ricksten A, Sandberg T, Bergstrom T. Cytomegalovirus encephalitis in ...

Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus infections remain one of the main concerns in the postoperative care of children with a liver transplantation. Most of the pediatric liver transplant recipients are seronegative for cytomegalovirus and/or Epstein-Barr virus at transplantation and this places them at marked risk for the development of cytomegalovirus/Epstein-Barr virus-related diseases. In ...

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is caused by production of platelet autoantibody. Then ITP can be various viral infections, including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C (HCV), cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, Zika virus and others [1].