Study of Bacterial Infections Associated with Infection with Cytomegalovirus in Anbar Governorate

Abstract

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the largest type of herpes virus DNA virus, called the CMV because
it amplifies infected cells as it reproduces gradually inside those cells . The study included collecting 110
blood samples for sick women and we visited Al-Ramadi Teaching Hospital with ear , nose, tonsils and
eye swabs. Also urine samples were taken, the media of Blood Agar and MacConkey Agar were grown
with Smears and swabs .The findings of the current study showed that 89 women out of a total of 110 were
infected with CMV virus at a rate of 80.6 % by virus-specific IgG antibody, which is proof that the infection
is old while 21 women were not infected by a 19 % percentage of CMV virus due to the absence of IgG and
IgM antibodies .Results showed that 78 were positive for bacterial infection among the 89 women living
with CMV, 87.6 %, while 11 among 21 women without CMV were positive for bacterial infection. The 87.6
% proportion of bacterial infections associated with virus infection is high as compared to the 52.3 % ratio
of people without this virus, and this suggests the growing role of infection in the system. The study findings
also found that the highest incidence of CMV virus infection was 82.3 % in the age group of infected women
(21-30 years) and that the highest incidence of CMV virus infection was 92.6 % in pregnant women who
had no abortion, while the lowest rate of CMV infection was women who had three miscarriages, 46 % .