CMV diseases predominantly occur as an opportunistic infection in patients with severe immunosuppression, such as cancer and renal failure patients, and rarely occur in immunocompetent patients. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of CMV infection in patients undergoing hemodialysis and to compare the results of different serological tests for CMV infection. Data were collected from ...

BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection has been implicated in immune activation and accelerated progression of immunodeficiency from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection. We hypothesized that CMV is associated with vascular disease in HIV-infected adults. METHODS In the Women's Interagency HIV Study, we studied 601 HIV-infected and 90 HIV-uninfected participants. We assessed the...

Abstract Background The investigation is devoted to possible antibiotic resistance formation and its adverse event prognostic influence among young patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) cytomegalovirus (CMV) persistence absence of other comorbid pathology. Subjects methods observation included 105 (average age 34.1 ± 0.8 years), which had been examined by epidemiological, clinical (i...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The role of high dose intravenous IgG (HDIgG) and of hyperimmune CMV IgG (CMV-IgG) in patients undergoing allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is still unclear. The aim of this study was to compare prophylactic CMV-IgG with HDIgGin a randomized prospective trial in allogeneic HSCT recipients: primary end point of the study was the occurrence of post-t...

OBJECTIVES To determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), Rubella virus, and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) among pregnant women in Izmir, Turkey. METHODS Medical records of pregnant women attending Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey between January 2014 and January 2016 were analyzed in this retrospective cross-sectional study. The 7513 T. gondii IgM/IgG re...

The titres of IgG antibody against "late antigens", "immediate early antigens", and "early antigens" induced by cytomegalovirus (CMV) and IgM antibody against "late antigens" induced by CMV were analysed in 67 geriatric subjects by immunocytochemical techniques. The titres obtained were compared with those of an adult control population. Significantly increased titres of IgG antibody against in...

OBJECTIVE To determine the seroprevalence rates of IgG to common TORCH agents in pregnant Saudi women using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 926 samples of sera were tested for antibodies to TORCH agents known to cause serious congenital infections: Toxoplasma gondii, rubella, cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2), varicella...

Background and Aims: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a member of herpesviruses. It is one of the most common cause of congenital and prenatal infections. CMV infection of pregnant women, especially in the first trimester may lead to congenital abnormalities in the newborns. The prevalence of CMV infection in developed countries is about 40% and in developing countries may be 100%. Because there is no ...

Introduction Postnatal cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of immunocompetent hosts is usually inapparent but typically results in lifelong latency. Congenital CMV infections as well patients with immunodeficiencies have been linked to major cerebellar pathology. Patients severe mental illness repeatedly found smaller cerebellum, and they may be particularly susceptible infections. Finally, both an...

BACKGROUND Human pregnancy offers an immunological challenge for the immunocompetent women accommodating an allogenic fetus, while continuing to combat potentially infectious disease. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infects the majority of the human population and establishes lifelong persistence, which can lead to the oligoclonal expansion of differentiated T cells. Primary CMV infection and, less commo...