The results of examination of 87 children who died from a generalized cytomegalovirus infection in Elista (66 cases) in 1984-1985, 1988-89, and in Leningrad (21 cases) in 1988-89 are available. In the Elista material a considerable increase (from 21 to 66%) of severe forms of accidental transformation of thymus is observed in the second period comparing to the first one. The causes of a serious worsening of the immunological background remain unclear. Cytomegaly represented 3.85% of all dead children in the pathology department of the First Children Hospital of Leningrad. There was sialadenitis in 4 cases and generalized infection with involvement of the lungs, liver, kidneys, brain, myocardium, pancreas, adrenals in 17 cases. Cytomegaly was diagnosed in 3 of 5 cases of primary immunodeficiency. Diagnosis in some cases was confirmed by the DNA cytomegalovirus detection by means of PCR reaction.

Child↗

PubMed1987

[Reparative processes and the possibilities of their stimulation in the over-cooled body].

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Animals↗

PubMed1987

[Results and prospects of the use of plasmocytapheresis].

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Blood Donors↗

PubMed1986

[Body immunological reactivity and the infectious complications of injuries. Immunotherapy and immunocorrection].

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Adjuvants, Immunologic↗

PubMed1985

[Method of preparing for venepuncture in the case of insufficiently developed veins].

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Blood Specimen Collection↗

PubMed1985

[Achievements of transfusiology during World War II 1941-1945 and its present-day problems].

The achievements of Soviet transfusiology in the period of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and of the Soviet medicine in the following years represent a basis for the successful development of Soviet transfusiology under modern conditions.

Blood Banks↗

PubMed1985