Human cytomegalovirus serological status in patients with interstitial lung diseases.
Recent data, especially from immunocompromised patients, suggest that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) plays an important role in lung pathology. In this study the serological status of HCMV infection and characteristic of the HCMV infected patients with interstitial lung diseases were determined. The subjects were enrolled prior to immunosuppression therapy introduction.
Dworniczak
Szymon
S
Katedra i Klinika Ftizjopneumonologii w Zabrzu, i Oddział Kliniczny Chorób Zakaźnych i Hepatologii Zakaźnej w Bytomiu Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach. sdworniczak@slam.katowice.pl
Ziora
Dariusz
D
Basta
Lidia
L
Piwowarska
Grazyna
G
Jastrzebski
Dariusz
D
Oklek
Kazimierz
K
Kozielski
Jerzy
J
D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000821:virology; D012307:Risk Factors; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000821:virology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C040495:glycoprotein B, Simplexvirus