CMV infections affect more than just patients with compromised i...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases  Wed, 07/23/2008 - 23:00

(University of Washington) An infection due to a virus called cytomegalovirus, which most commonly affects people with compromised immune systems, can also affect hospital intensive-care patients who have no immune-system problems, University of Washington researchers have found.

CMV infection is also associated with longer hospital and intensive-care unit stays independent of other causes, according to the study, published July 23 in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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