Cytomegalovirus disease (a description of 2 cases and a review of the literature)
Demidova, A.V.; Charnyĭ, A.M.; Nagornaia, V.G.; Mishin, A.P.; Kuznetsova, E.E.
Terapevticheskii Arkhiv 59(6): 93-97
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-3660 PMID: 2820075 Document Number: 301308
The paper is concerned with general information on this infection with the description of 2 cases. In one of the patients the disease developed suddenly. There was no reason to suppose SAID, an immunosuppressive state of another genesis. A course of disease was very grave with the involvement of many organs and systems, the bone marrow. The hematological picture of disease was of particular interest (infection carriers--atypical mononuclears were detected in the blood). Diagnosis was made only at autopsy. This case was illustrative in view of usual search for bacterial infection in patients with fever and physicians' insufficient knowledge of this infection. In the second patient suffering from CML cytomegaloviral disease was diagnosed during her life-time. Causes of the fever syndrome (whether it was due to tumor progression or infection) were analyzed. The former seemed more probable.