Las infecciones adquiridas suelen ser asintomaticas. Pneumonitis and enteritis are less common, but very characteristic. Cytomegalovirus cmv, human herpesvirus type 5 can cause infections that have a wide range of severity. May 19, 2016 in absence of a clinical improvement and a further increase of the liver enzymes, a hepatitis serology was performed and showed seropositivity for a former hepatitis type a. Infeccion por citomegalovirus sintomas y causas mayo. Cmv affects nearly all humans, with a 60%100% seroprevalence worldwide. Pdf two cases of hepatitis by cytomegalovirus are described, one in a child and the other in a young adult, presenting with a history of fever. Cytomegalovirus cmv infection infectious diseases merck. Infeccion por citomegalovirus diagnostico y tratamiento.
It is a lytic virus that causes a cytopathic effect in vitro and in vivo. Infeccion por citomegalovirus cmv enfermedades infecciosas. Hepatitis fulminante por citomegalovirus medigraphic. Severe focal disease, including retinitis, can develop in hivinfected patients and in organ transplant recipients and other immunocompromised patients.
The simultaneously performed screening for ebv, hiv and cmv showed a former infection of ebv and an acute infection of cmv. Falla hepatica, citomegalovirus, hepatitis fulminante. Prevencion, diagnostico y tratamiento infeccion por. Cytomegalovirus hepatitis and pancreatitis in the immunocompetent. Acute cytomegalovirus hepatitis in an immunocompetent host. Cmv mononucleosis can sometimes be differentiated from infectious ebv mononucleosis by the absence of pharyngitis, a negative heterophile antibody test, and serologic testing.
Cmv infection can be differentiated from viral hepatitis by hepatitis serologic testing. Acute cytomegalovirus hepatitis in an immunocompetent host as. Cytomegalovirus infection in the patient undergoing hematopoietic progenitor transplantation. In this case report, we describe a 35yearold immunocompetent female with an acute cytomegalovirus infection presenting as acute hepatitis with ongoing upper right abdominal pain after cholecystectomy. Complications in immunocompetent patients are rare but may affect the liver and lead up to an acute organ failure. Infeccion por citomegalovirus sintomas y causas mayo clinic. Cytomegalovirus cmv is a doublestranded dna virus and a member of the herpesviridae family. A infeccao e tambem comum na adolescencia e corresponde diretamente ao inicio da atividade sexual 17.