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In contrast, relatively little attention has been paid to the morbidity and mortality that CMV infection may cause in immunocompetent patients.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We reviewed the evidence associated with severe manifestations of CMV infection in apparently immunocompetent patients and the potential role of antiviral treatment for these infections. We searched in PubMed, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library for the period of 1950\u20132007 to identify relevant articles.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We retrieved 89 articles reporting on severe CMV infection in 290 immunocompetent adults. Among these reports, the gastrointestinal tract (colitis) and the central nervous system (meningitis, encephalitis, transverse myelitis) were the most frequent sites of severe CMV infection. Manifestations from other organ-systems included haematological disorders (haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia), thrombosis of the venous or arterial vascular system, ocular involvement (uveitis), and lung disease (pneumonitis). The clinical practice reported in the literature has been to prescribe antiviral treatment for the most severe manifestations of monophasic meningoencephalitis (seizures and coma), ocular involvement, and lung involvement due to CMV.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Severe life-threatening complications of CMV infection in immunocompetent patients may not be as rare as previously thought.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1743-422x-5-47","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,3,27]],"date-time":"2008-03-27T19:14:42Z","timestamp":1206645282000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":479,"title":["Severe cytomegalovirus infection in apparently immunocompetent patients: a systematic review"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Petros I","family":"Rafailidis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eleni G","family":"Mourtzoukou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ioannis C","family":"Varbobitis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew E","family":"Falagas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,3,27]]},"reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"396_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1143","DOI":"10.1086\/508173","volume":"43","author":"SA Staras","year":"2006","unstructured":"Staras SA, Dollard SC, Radford KW, Flanders WD, Pass RF, Cannon MJ: Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in the United States, 1988\u20131994. 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