Treatment of symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection with valganciclovir

CFM Jansen, MC Toet, CMA Rademaker… - Journal of perinatal …, 2005 - degruyter.com
Valganciclovir (VGCV) is a prodrug of GCV with improved … treatment to oral GCV w7x for
treatment of neonates. We present a neonate with congenital CMV infection, who was treated

Valganciclovir: a review of its use in the management of CMV infection and disease in immunocompromised patients

RS Cvetkovic, K Wellington - Drugs, 2005 - Springer
… , valganciclovir appears to have some advantages over ganciclovir. Therefore, when used as
prophylaxis against CMV infection … of CMV retinitis in patients with AIDS, oral valganciclovir

Oral valganciclovir: a new option for treatment of cytomegalovirus infection and disease in immunocompromised hosts

P Reusser - Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
… review, the presently established treatment approaches for CMV infection and disease in …
for valganciclovir use; in the second part of the article, data on valganciclovir generated from …

Treatment of cytomegalovirus infection or disease in solid organ transplant recipients with valganciclovir

J Fellay, JP Venetz, JD Aubert, C Seydoux… - Transplantation …, 2005 - Elsevier
… ) in high-risk transplant recipients and for the treatment of CMV retinitis in AIDS patients.
We used VGC for the treatment of CMV infection (viremia without symptoms) or disease (CMV

Valganciclovir: oral prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus in the immunocompromised host

RB Freeman - Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
… as prophylaxis in bone marrow or lung transplant recipients, or using valganciclovir as
treatment for active CMV infection in solid organ transplant recipients. In addition, although there …

Use of valganciclovir for prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus disease

DR Snydman - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2008 - academic.oup.com
management of cytomegalovirus infection in the immunocompromised host. Valganciclovir
… The administration of 900 mg of valganciclovir orally is comparable to a dose of intravenous …

[HTML][HTML] Valganciclovir for symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus disease

DW Kimberlin, PM Jester, PJ Sánchez… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
… -controlled trial of valganciclovir therapy in neonates with symptomatic congenital CMV
disease, … Although congenital CMV infection is rare overall, it accounts for 21% of children with …

Long-term results of oral valganciclovir for treatment of anterior segment inflammation secondary to cytomegalovirus infection

VWY Wong, CKM Chan, DYL Leung… - Clinical …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
… In our current study, we evaluated the use of oral valganciclovir for treating anterior segment
inflammation caused by CMV infection, and all patients had a minimum follow-up period of …

Treatment of symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection with intravenous ganciclovir followed by long-term oral valganciclovir

J Amir, DG Wolf, I Levy - European journal of pediatrics, 2010 - Springer
… The main side effect of treatment was transient neutropenia. In conclusion, prolonged …
congenital CMV infection with intravenous ganciclovir followed by oral valganciclovir is safe, and it …

[HTML][HTML] Oral valganciclovir is noninferior to intravenous ganciclovir for the treatment of cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplant recipients

A Asberg, A Humar, H Rollag, AG Jardine… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
… of localized CMV infection (CMV inclusion cells or in situ detection of … with CMV disease,
oral valganciclovir has comparable safety and is not inferior to standard iv ganciclovir treatment