Four-Year Follow-Up of the Maternal Immunological, Virological and Clinical Settings of a 36-Year-Old Woman Experiencing Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection Leading to Intrauterine Infection.
Gabriella FornerAlda SaldanCarlo MengoliSara PizziMarny FedrigoNadia GussettiSilvia VisentinAnnalisa AngeliniErich CosmiLuisa BarzonDavide Antonio AbatePublished in: Viruses (2022)
The present study aims to provide the sequential immunological, clinical and virological events occurring in a CMV-infected pregnant woman experiencing intrauterine CMV transmission. In brief, a case of primary CMV infection occurred in a 36-year-old pregnant woman. The patient exhibited early-sustained viremia and viruria, detectable presence of CMV in saliva concomitant with a strong CMV-specific cell-mediated response (427 EliSpots). CMV was detected in the amniotic fluid at 15 weeks of pregnancy (>1 × 10 6 CMV copies/mL). The pregnancy was deliberately interrupted at 16 weeks of gestation. Fetal histological and pathological examinations revealed placentitis and fetal brain alterations as microcephaly and cortical dysplasia. Interestingly, this clinical report shows: (1) there was a rapid and sustained CMV-specific cell mediated immune response (Th1) in association with low IgG avidity (Th2) correlated with fetal CMV transmission. (2) The levels of CMV-specific cell-mediated immune response persisted at high levels up to 200 weeks after infection despite clinical and viral clearance. (3) The histological and pathological evidence suggests that a potent pro-inflammatory condition at the placental level may lead to cCMV.
Keyphrases
- immune response
- single cell
- cell therapy
- case report
- gestational age
- stem cells
- preterm birth
- pregnancy outcomes
- physical activity
- autism spectrum disorder
- bone marrow
- toll like receptor
- multiple sclerosis
- body mass index
- brain injury
- antiretroviral therapy
- birth weight
- quantum dots
- inflammatory response
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- weight gain
- anti inflammatory
- cerebral ischemia