title: [Hepatitis caused by cytomegalovirus].
abstract: Epidemical, clinical, biochemical, cytological and immunological aspects are studied in ten cases of hepatitis occurred endemically in a chirurgical ward between cancerous operated patients. Three were HBsAg positive. None of the others seven had clinical or serological dates enough to attribute them to A nor B virus hepatitis. The clinical and serological data exclude also Epstein-Barr virus or Toxoplasma aethiology. Nevertheless, the objective results of the study have entity enough to classify the other seven no-A no-B hepatitis cases into the group of the cytomegalovirus hepatitis. The high number of positive titles for antibodies anti-CMV in the staff members of the chirugical ward, some with high rates, allow us to give them a role in the spread of the virus and his transmission to the patients' through a failure with the hygenic conditions necessary to look after the wounds.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003428:Cross Infection; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000209:etiology*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D007075:Immunoglobulin M
vernacular_title: Hepatitis por citomegalovirus.