[HTML][HTML] Cytomegalovirus disease in high-risk transplant recipients despite ganciclovir or valganciclovir prophylaxis

E Akalin, V Sehgal, S Ames, S Hossaic, L Daly… - American Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
The clinical patterns and predictors of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in kidney and/or
pancreas transplant patients on ganciclovir (1.0 g po tid) or valganciclovir (450 mg po qd) …

Oral ganciclovir versus low-dose valganciclovir for prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in recipients of kidney and pancreas transplants

FL Weng, AM Patel, R Wanchoo, Y Brahmbhatt… - …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background. The optimal regimen for prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease after
kidney and/or pancreas transplantation remains unclear. We compared the effectiveness of …

Cytomegalovirus prophylaxis using oral ganciclovir or valganciclovir in kidney and pancreas–kidney transplantation under antibody preconditioning

K Keven, A Basu, HP Tan, N Thai, A Khan… - Transplantation …, 2004 - Elsevier
We investigated retrospectively the risk factors for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection under
ganciclovir or valganciclovir prophylaxis (oral ganciclovir 1 g tid, valganciclovir 450 mg/d) in …

Prevention of primary cytomegalovirus disease in organ transplant recipients with oral ganciclovir or oral acyclovir prophylaxis

RH Rubin, SA Kemmerly, D Conti… - Transplant Infectious …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Optimal prophylaxis against cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease for organ
transplant patients at risk for primary infection (donor seropositive, recipient seronegative …

Valganciclovir prophylaxis in patients at high risk for the development of cytomegalovirus disease

DJ Taber, E Ashcraft, GM Baillie… - Transplant infectious …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Despite advances in antiviral therapies, cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains the
leading opportunistic infection in the transplant population. Valganciclovir (VGC), the l‐valyl …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of valganciclovir vs. oral ganciclovir for prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplant recipients

C Paya, A Humar, ED Dominguez, K Washburn… - American Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
We compared the efficacy and safety of valganciclovir with those of oral ganciclovir in
preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in high-risk seronegative solid organ transplant …

Efficacy of oral ganciclovir in prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in post-kidney transplant patients

N Ahsan, MJ Holman, HC Yang - Clinical transplantation, 1997 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Unlike parenteral gancicovir, the efficacy of oral ganciclovir in the prevention and treatment
of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in kidney transplantation has not been well documented …

Allograft rejection predicts the occurrence of late-onset cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease among CMV-mismatched solid organ transplant patients receiving prophylaxis …

RR Razonable, A Rivero, A Rodriguez… - The Journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
The natural history of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease associated with solid organ
transplantation has been modified as a result of the widespread use of antiviral prophylaxis …

Decreased incidence of cytomegalovirus infection in thymoglobulin-treated transplant patients with 6 months of valganciclovir prophylaxis

E Akalin, JS Bromberg, V Sehgal, S Ames… - American Journal of …, 2004 - amjtransplant.org
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is still the most common opportunistic infection following
solid organ transplantation despite the introduction of newer anti-viral medications for …

Prevention dof recurrent cytomegalovirus disease in renal and liver transplant recipients: effect of oral ganciclovir

N Turgeon, JA Fishman, M Doran… - Transplant Infectious …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Although the primary treatment of symptomatic cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease
in organ transplant recipients is successful in> 90% of individuals, relapsing disease …