[Analysis of cytomegaloviral antigenemia test and re-test after antiviral chemotherapy in patients with autoimmune and non-autoimmune diseases].

2012 
Objective To retrospectively analyze the cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia test and re-test after antiviral chemotherapy in patients with autoimmune and non-autoimmune diseases.Methods CMV Brite kit and indirect immunofluorescence were used to detect CMVpp65 antigenemia in 6471 peripheral blood leukocyte specimens from 5325 clinic and hospitalized patients with clinically suspicious CMV infections from May 2008 to February 2012. And the positive results were defined as episodes of systemic CMV activity.Results In 6471 EDTA- treated peripheral blood specimens,948 ( 14.6% ) were found with positive CMV antigenemia.The average positive rate from 13 kinds of autoimmune diseases was 34.9% (670/1922) in which systemic lupus erythematosus patients had the highest (52.4%,551/1052).Meanwhile,the average positive rate from 12 kinds of non-autoimmune diseases was only 6.1% ( 144/2367 )in which it was 17.3% (27/156) in patients with respiratory/acute renal failure, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (MDS) and kidney transplant recipients. And 189 patients with positive antigenemia were re-tested after antiviral chemotherapy and only 64 (33.9%) were converted negatively.Conclusions Patients with autoimmune diseases have replaced traditionally imnunocompromised patients,e.g.AIDS and kidney transplant recipient,to become the highest risk group of systemic CMV activity.Negative conversion rate of CMV antigenemia is low after antiviral chemotherapy. Key words: Cytomegalovirus; Autoimmune diseases; Antigenemia; Immunocompromised
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