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The Epidemiology of Cytomegalovirus Infection Among Patients with Burns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

James F. Bale Jr. ,
G. Patrick Kealey ,
R. Michael Massanari  and
Ronald G. Strauss
James F. Bale Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
G. Patrick Kealey*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
R. Michael Massanari
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Ronald G. Strauss
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
*
Department of Surgery, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242
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Abstract

To determine the epidemiology of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections among patients with burns, we prospectively studied 120 burn patients admitted to the University of Iowa Burn Center over a two-and-one-half year period. At the time of their admission, 44% of the patients had serologic evidence of prior CMV infection. Among 44 seropositive patients, 23 (52%) had four-fold or greater rises in CMV antibody titers. These patients had more severe burns (mean body surface area burn [BSAB] 26.8%) than those who did not exhibit titer rises (mean BSAB 16.2%, p=.04). Among 43 seronegative patients observed for at least 65 days after discharge from the center, eight (18.6%) seroconverted. Patients who seroconverted had longer hospital stays (p=.03), trends toward more severe burns p = .08) and a younger age (p = .15) than patients who remained seronegative. Despite frequent serologic evidence of CMV infection, CMV did not contribute, either directly or indirectly, to the morbidity or mortality of burns in these patients.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 17 - 22
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1990

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