Venereal causes of cytomegalovirus mononucleosis
J. H. Chretien, C. G. McGinniss and A. Muller
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) mononucleosis developed in two men after sexual
contact with a woman who had had a similar but medically unverified illness
several months before. The CMV was cultured from the woman's urine and
cervix. Evidence of recent infection with CMV was also found in a new
sexual contact of one of the men. However, roommates of the infected
patients remained well, and serologic evidence of CMV infection failed to
develop. This small outbreak suggests that CMV may be acquired as a
venereal infection that sometimes progresses to the mononucleosis syndrome.
