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Cytomegalovirus infection risk factors
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Patients with the following conditions are at a higher risk for developing symptomatic cytomegalovirus infection include patients with solid organ transplant, hematological stem cell transplant, AIDS and existing T-cell deficiency.
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
- Patients with the following conditions are at a higher risk for developing symptomatic cytomegalovirus infection:[1]
- Solid organ transplant
- Hematological stem cell transplant[2]
- AIDS
- T-cell deficiency
- Elderly age
- Critically ill patients
- Patients with malignancy
- Patients with burn injuries[3]
- Patients with the following risk factors are at a higher risk to be seropositive for cytomegalovirus infection:[4]
- Female sex
- Foreign birthplace
- Low income
- Overcrowding
- Low education and socioeconomic status
References
References
- ↑ Pytka D, Czarkowska-PÄ…czek B (2016). “[CMV infection in elderly]”. Przegl Lek. 73 (4): 241–4. PMID 27526428.
- ↑ de la Cámara R (2016). “CMV in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation”. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 8 (1): e2016031. doi:10.4084/MJHID.2016.031. PMC 4928522. PMID 27413524.
- ↑ Wurzer P, Guillory A, Parvizi D, Clayton RP, Branski LK, Kamolz LP; et al. (2017). “Human herpes viruses in burn patients: A systematic review”. Burns. 43 (1): 25–33. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2016.02.003. PMC 5239736. PMID 27515422.
- ↑ Bate SL, Dollard SC, Cannon MJ (2010). “Cytomegalovirus seroprevalence in the United States: the national health and nutrition examination surveys, 1988-2004”. Clin Infect Dis. 50 (11): 1439–47. doi:10.1086/652438. PMID 20426575.
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