Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy, Russia
Aim. Optimization of diagnostics of genital herpesvirus infection (herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, cytomegalovirus [CMV]) in women with tubal-peritoneal infertility on the basis of detection of viral material in various parts of genital system using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and revealing pathogenetically significant systemic abnormalitites of cytokine- and nitroxidergic regulation. Materials and methods. Sixty-three women with tubal-peritoneal infertility were included in the study. Immunoenzyme assay, PCR, and modified Griess method were used. Results. In cervical canal herpesvirus infection was detected together with other agents in 30.1% of cases. In upper parts of reproductive system monoinfection with herpesvirus was detected in 74.63% of cases (herpes virus types 1 and 2 — in 46.03%, CMV — in 28.6% of women). Increased levels of stable end metabolites of nitric oxide and cytokines were noted in sera of tested women. Conclusion. Inflammatory changes in reproductive organs in women with tubal-peritoneal infertility are determined by chronic herpesvirus infection. This leads to Th1 polarization of immune response and developing of immune-mediated inflammation.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2009, No. 2, P. 80—85