Background. Rapid quantifiable diagnostic techniques for the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus
(CMV) infection may predict patients at risk of CMV pneumonitis and allow preemptive …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventeen patients–12 who had received orthotopic liver
transplants and 5 who had orthotopic kidney transplants at our institution–received …

Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common opportunistic infection following
lung transplantation. CMV replication in the lung allograft is described as accelerating the …

Using aggressive surveillance of blood, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, and lung tissue,
we sought to determine the incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis in isolated …

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains the most important infection affecting heart-transplant
recipients. Treatment of clinical disease is with a two to three–week course of intravenous …

BACKGROUND: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common opportunistic infection in lung
transplantation. A recent multicenter, randomized trial (the AIRSAC study) comparing …

Despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment, cytomegalovirus (CMV*) continues to
be a common cause of infection and disease in solid organ transplant recipients. Risk factor …

Following a year of valganciclovir prophylaxis, a lung transplant recipient developed
cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection that became resistant to ganciclovir, as confirmed by …

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) continues to be responsible for a substantial fraction of the
morbidity and mortality that follows organ transplantation. The three major consequences of …

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the single most important infectious agent affecting recipients of
organ transplants, with at least two-thirds of these patients having CMV infection 1–4 months …