title: Significance of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-pp65 antigenemia in the diagnosis of CMV disease in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.
abstract: To establish the diagnostic value of the cytomegalovirus (CMV)-pp65 antigenemia in CMV disease occurring in human immunodeficiency (HIV)-infected patients, CMV-pp65 antigen in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) was assayed in 373 samples from 138 randomly included patients followed up for symptomatic HIV-1 infection and the correlation between CMV-pp65 antigenemia and diagnosis of CMV disease was investigated. Thirty-seven CMV disease episodes were observed in 30 patients and 89.2% of these episodes were associated with a positive CMV-pp65 antigenemia. In contrast, 94% of the patients negative for CMV-pp65 antigenemia remained free of CMV disease. Patients with CMV disease had significantly higher levels of CMV-pp65 antigenemia than CMV disease-free patients (695 positive cells/2 x 10(5) PMNLs vs. 28 positive cells/2 x 10(5) PMNLs). The positive and negative predictive values of the test were 45% and 94%, respectively, but were 93% and 80%, respectively, when a CMV-pp65 antigenemia level of > 100 positive cells/2 x 10(5) PMNLs was taken into consideration. These results indicate that the CMV-pp65 antigenemia assay is useful for the diagnosis and monitoring of CMV disease in HIV-infected patients.
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reynes
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Montes
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atoui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Segondy
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D000328:Adult; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000821:virology*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; C065418:cytomegalovirus matrix protein 65kDa