[Fatal post transfusional hepatitis CMV of fatal outcome]

The cytomegalovirus [CMV] infection is most often asymptomatic, serious forms are confined to immunocompromised. We report a new case of post-transfusionnel hepatitis CMV of fatal outcome. A 83 year old man, asthmatic known for 26 years treated of corticosteroids, without particular hepatic antecedents, has presented an acute hepatitis post-.transfusionnel CMV of fatal outcome. The authors suggest widening the indications transfusion with the blood without leucocytes to the old persons fragile and/or whose immunizing status is precarious