PROLONGED AND FATAL DISSEMINATED CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT WOMAN

The case of an immunocompetent woman who died of disseminated cytomega lovirus infection with encephalitis and skin ulcerations is reported. The duration of the disease, from onset to death, was five months. Cyt omegalovirus was found in the blood, urine, skin, muscle, liver and pe riventricular brain tissue, but not in frontal cortex tissue. This cas e underlines the fact that cytomegalovirus may exceptionally cause lif e-threatening illness in immunocompetent adults.