Abstract:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common opportunistic pathogen in AIDS patients, causing significant morbidity and mortality. Clinical manifestations of CMV disease are related to the injurie site, such as retinitis, gastrointestinal tract impairment, hepatitis, pneumonia, myocarditis, and central and peripheral nervous system alterations. CMV-active infection diagnosis is difficult because, many times, no clinical manifestation is present. Pp65 antigenemia, described by Van der bij (1988), is based on the di… Show more
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