[Neutrophil chemiluminescence in active cytomegalovirus infection].

The effect of cytomegalovirus infection (CMVI) on the phagocytic activity of leukocytes was studied in patients by the method of luminol-dependent chemiluminescence (CL) used to evaluate the production of oxygen radicals by the peripheral blood neutrophils in phagocytosis of opsonized zymosan (OZ) in 10 female patients with active CMVI and 10 women of the control group. In the patients with CMVI, chemiluminescence in OZ phagocytosis was found to be reduced nearly by 1.5-fold as compared with the controls (pt < 0.05).