A Case of CMV Encephalitis in the Immunologically Normal Adult

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 7(1); 1989 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1989;7(1): 85-88.

정상 면역 기능을 가진 성인에서 세포비대바이러스에 의한 뇌염 1예

조한선, 이종원, 이성수,김원천,최일생

연세대학교 내과, 신경과.

A Case of CMV Encephalitis in the Immunologically Normal Adult

Han-Seon Cho,M.D., Jong-Won Lee,M.D., Sung-Soo Lee,M.D., Won-Tsen Kim,M.D., Il-Saing Choi,M.D.

Department of Neurology, Won-Ju college of Medicine, Yonsei University Department of Neurology, college of Medicine, Yonsei University

Abstract

Infection with cytomegalovirus(CMV) during adult life was first recognized in debilitated patients with compromised immune mechanisms, renal transplant recipients, and patients undergoing extracorporeal perfusion or transfusions. CMV infection is very rare in inmunologically normal adult. Recently CMV infection has been reported previously healthy adult, usually wth a predilection for involvement of lung, liver, spleen, hematopoietic system, or heart but central nervous system involvement is apparently rare. This report describes a previously healthy woman who had encephalitis and documented CMV infection by serologic test for CMV. So we report a case with brief review of literature.