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A search for evidence of cy-tomegalovirus (CMV) infection was made in a group of patients with hemolytic anemia associated with lymphadenopathy as well as several other diseases in which CMV infections often occur. A total of 173 specimens from 42 patients with a variety of diseases yielded 9 CMV isolations from 5 of 6 patients exhibiting CMV inclusions. The 5 patients included 1 with autoimmune hemolytic anemia, 1 with acquired hemolytic anemia of the non-immune type, 2 with neonatal hepatitis and 1 with congenital cytomegalic inclusion disease. CMV was isolated from biopsied lymph nodes of both hemolytic anemia patients and variously from blood, urine, liver, lung, and spleen of the 5 patients depending on the condition, time, or the disease of the patient involved.
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