Cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompetent critically ill adults: literature review

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 1 Risk factors for CMV disease in critical care setting and their strength of association

Risk factor	Strength of association
Immune compromised	Strong association [49]
Age	No evidence [8]
Gender	Inconsistent data [8]
Mechanical ventilation	Strong association [1, 8]
Sepsis	Strong association [8, 47]
Corticosteroids use	Weak evidence [27]
Blood transfusion	Weak association [1, 27, 28]
Disease severity scores	No association [1, 24, 27–31]
Active malignancy	No association [2, 24, 28]
Stress (catecholamines surge)	Weak association [25]