Features of formation of the immune response to infection caused by viruses of the Herpesviridae family or viruses of hepatitis C and B in patients after liver transplantation

Abstract

We observed 44 patients during the first 2 – 3 weeks after liver transplantation. Depending on the postoperative course all patients were divided into 3 groups: control group consisted of 28 patients without complications, group 1 consisted of 9 patients diagnosed with an opportunistic viral infection; group 2 included 7 patients with the activation of viral hepatitis B or C in liver transplant . We analyzed the results of biochemical and immunological studies in all groups of patients. There were significant differences in changes in immunological parameters in the groups of patients with infection caused by viruses of different families.

Keywords

• transplantation
• immune response
• lymphocytes
• viral infection