METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING REPLICATIVE ASYMPTOMATIC FORMS OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION IN HIV-INFECTED WOMEN OF CHILD-BEARING AGE, PREGNANT WOMEN AND NEWBORNS

摘要

A method for diagnosing replicative asymptomatic forms of cytomegalovirus infection in HIV-infected women of child-bearing age, pregnant women and newborns comprises cytoscopy of saliva, urine, vaginal washouts for cytomegalic cells. The diagnostics is performed in all pregravidic HIV-infected women of child-bearing age irrespective of whether anticytomegalovirus IgG and IgM are detected in blood serum. Instead of the vaginal swabs, the washouts obtained by irrigation of vagina with 50 mL of 0.9 % sterile solution of sodium chloride are analyzed. The scrapes of the buccal mucosa for cytomegalic cells are taken for analysis in all newborns of HIV-infected women.