Young patients with negative serology for CMV, who may be candidates for bone marrow transplantation, should receive CMV negative blood products.
In the meantime, the NBS will continue to provide CMV seronegative components when requested for appropriate recipients.
While she was still battling oral cancer, her official cause of death was listed as "cardiopulmonary arrest due to liver failure and CMV hepatitis."
In children, ITP is usually triggered by a virus infection, most often rubella, chickenpox, measles, cytomegalovirus (CMV), or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Specific diagnostic tests for autoimmune diseases and viruses (CMV, EBV, and rheumatoid factor or RF) may be performed.