Serum epidemiological trial on the prevalence of the anti-cytomegalovirus antibodies in patients under substitutive treatment with hemodialysis and CAPD

Nephron. 1992;61(3):373-4. doi: 10.1159/000186950.

Abstract

The detection of IgG and IgM anti-cytomegalovirus is very important when movements of serum transaminases are noted in absence of positivity for virus of hepatitis in uremic patients on substitutive treatment; in our patients, we have noted a positivity of 67% for the IgG class. Cytomegalic infection must be taken into consideration for the high parenteral transmissibility in addition to the high grade of immunodepression of uremic patients.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Cytomegalovirus / immunology*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / transmission
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood
  • Middle Aged
  • Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory / adverse effects
  • Renal Dialysis / adverse effects*
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M