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Among 674 patients undergoing open heart surgery in 1981-82, 86 (13%) were cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibody-negative when tested by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay prior to operation. At follow-up, 54 (67%) of 80 patients restudied had seroconverted after the operation, and 35 of the 54 seroconvertants had been ill with fever and elevated liver enzymes. Among the latter 35 patients, 26 demonstrated a significant rise in CMV antibody titre, most often detected in the third week following the onset of illness. The older patients were more susceptible to illness and seroconversion, and there was a positive correlation between age and the number of blood units given. Thus, at least one third of the seronegative patients developed symptomatic CMV illness after open heart surgery. This is a much higher incidence than earlier reported.
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