CMV infection management in transplant patients in Italy

PA Grossi, F Baldanti, M Andreoni, CF Perno - Journal of Clinical Virology, 2020 - Elsevier
Transplant represents an effective strategy in the management of chronic organ dysfunction.
Nonetheless, life threatening risks remain, especially in the post-transplant; among them …

Cytomegalovirus in solid organ transplantation: epidemiology, prevention, and treatment

E Beam, RR Razonable - Current infectious disease reports, 2012 - Springer
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most important pathogens that infect solid organ
transplant recipients. CMV is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in this …

Cytomegalovirus infection management in solid organ transplant recipients across European centers in the time of molecular diagnostics: an ESGICH survey

D Navarro, R San‐Juan, O Manuel… - Transplant infectious …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Scant information is available about how transplant centers are managing their
use of quantitative molecular testing (QNAT) assays for active cytomegalovirus (CMV) …

Assessment and prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant and in solid organ transplant: a multidisciplinary consensus …

C Girmenia, T Lazzarotto, F Bonifazi… - Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo‐HSCT) and solid organ transplantation (SOT) …

GESITRA-SEIMC/REIPI recommendations for the management of cytomegalovirus infection in solid-organ transplant patients

J Torre-Cisneros, MC Fariñas, JJ Castón… - … y microbiologia clinica, 2011 - Elsevier
Cytomegalovirus infection remains a major complication of solid organ transplantation. In
2005 the Spanish Transplantation Infection Study Group (GESITRA) of the Spanish Society …

Immune monitoring for CMV in transplantation

MK Yong, SR Lewin, O Manuel - Current infectious disease reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Immune monitoring to determine when and how the recovery of
cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific T-cells occurs post-transplantation may help clinicians to …

[PDF][PDF] Management of human cytomegalovirus infection in transplantation: validation of virologic cut-offs for preemptive therapy and immunological cut-offs for …

G Gerna, D Lilleri, M Furione… - … -Quarterly Journal of …, 2011 - newmicrobiologica.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) still causes major viral complications in the post-transplant
period of both solid-organ (SO) and hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplant (T) recipients …

Consensus document from GESITRA-SEIMC on the prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus infection in transplanted patients

J Torre-Cisneros, J Fortún, JM Aguado… - Enfermedades …, 2005 - europepmc.org
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains an important complication of transplantation. The
last decade has been characterized by improvements to management that has reduced its …

Toward the individualization of cytomegalovirus control after solid-organ transplantation: the importance of the “individual pathogenic balance”

J Torre-Cisneros - Clinical infectious diseases, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Despite improved treatment, surveillance, and prevention, cytomegalovirus (CMV) is still
regarded as an important infectious pathogen after solid-organ transplantation. More than …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular-based strategies for assessment of CMV infection and disease in immunosuppressed transplant recipients

A Kulkarni, D Westmoreland, JD Fox - Clinical microbiology and infection, 2001 - Elsevier
Objectives Molecular assays are now considered to be the 'gold standard'for assessment of
human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease in those at risk from severe associated …