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Oral infections due to Cytomegalovirus in immunocompromised patients
Author(s) -
Schubert Mark M.,
Epstein Joel B.,
Lloid Michele E.,
Cooney Elizabeth
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1993.tb01069.x
Subject(s) - cytomegalovirus , medicine , herpes simplex virus , virus , immunology , herpesviridae , betaherpesvirinae , varicella zoster virus , opportunistic infection , viral disease , human cytomegalovirus , aids related opportunistic infections , virology , bone marrow transplant , bone marrow transplantation , simplexvirus , bone marrow , sida
Herpes group virus infections in the immunocompromised host are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) and to a lesser extent varicella zoster virus (VZV) have long been recognized as causes of oral and peri‐oral lesions in subjects undergoing bone marrow transplantation and in individuals infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). A role for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in such lesions is less clear and not well documented. This report describes two bone marrow transplant recipients and one individual infected with HIV in whom CMV was implicated as the cause of oral lesions. Diagnostic and management issues as well as clinical implications are discussed.