Giornale di batteriologia, virologia, ed immunologia ed annali dell'Ospedale Maria Vittoria di Torino
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G Batteriol Virol Immunol · Jan 1991
[Serologic follow-up of cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex and varicella-zoster infections in kidney transplant recipients].
In the present paper the characteristics of cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpes simplex virus (HSV) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infections were serologically investigated in renal transplant recipients. At transplantation CMV-seropositivity was 88.2%. At the end of the study, the frequency of primary CMV-infections was 58.3% and the frequency of recurrent infections (reinfections or reactivations) was 84.4%. ⋯ Primary VZV-infections didn't occur. During the study, seropositive patients showed variations in VZV-antibody titers which returned to initial values. Clinical signs of zoster were observed in 6% of patients at third and ninth month after transplantation and were serologically confirmed.