ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the relationship between cytomegalovirus infection and biliary atresia.Methods Sixteen infants with CMV infection and biliary atresia were retrospectively reviewed and compared with clinical manifestations with 29 infants with CMV hepatitis.Results Both serum CMV-IgM antibody and CMV-pp65 in polymophnuclear leukocytes were found positive in 9 cases,only CMV IgM antibody was found positive in 1 case and only CMV-pp65 were found positive in 3 cases,both CMV-IgM and CMV-pp65 were found negative in 3 cases.14 of 15 cases of CMV-pp65 were detected in liver tissues including 3 cases with negative CMV-IgM antibody and CMV-pp65 in blood.The clinical indexes in these 16 cases were much more severe than which in 29 infants with CMV hepatitis (P