Peripheral Facial Palsy and Coincidental Cytomegalovirus Infection or Reactivation
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 15 (3) , 233-238
- https://doi.org/10.3109/inf.1983.15.issue-3.02
Abstract
Following the fortuitous demonstration of anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) IgM antibodies in serum samples from 2 patients with acute peripheral facial palsy (APFP), a systematic study was initiated which provided serological evidence of a coincidental CMV multiplication in 72% of 65 consecutive cases with APFP. Transmission electron microscopy has revealed Herpetoviridae-like virus particles in 56% of urine samples studied. A reactivation of latent CMV at the time of palsy onset is considered the most probable explanation of these findings.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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