Laboratory diagnosis of cytomegalovirus(CMV)infections in immunodepressed patients, mainly in patients with AIDS

摘要

There is a high prevalence of cytomegalovirus(CNV)infection in the general population. An important pro- portion of immunodepressed patients are latent carriers of the virus, and under these conditions, the lack of cellu- lar immunity predispose the patient to an active infection in which the virus is replicating. Consequences for the immunodepressed patients are widely variable, ranging from completely asymptomatic infections of life-threaten- ing situations. An important characteristics of these infections is that they have no specific clincal symptoms and are often indistinguishable from other types of infection.