Oral versus intravenous ganciclovir for the prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus disease after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

J Szer, S Durrant, AP Schwarer… - Internal medicine …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Prophylactic low dose iv ganciclovir in patients at risk after allogeneic bone
marrow transplantation (BMT) is highly effective in the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) …

Cytomegalovirus disease in adult marrow transplant recipients receiving ganciclovir prophylaxis: a retrospective study

H Maltazou, E Whimbey, D Abi-Said… - Bone marrow …, 1999 - nature.com
In a retrospective study, we compared the incidence and risk of mortality associated with
CMV disease in adult allogeneic BMT and PBSC recipients who received ganciclovir …

Ganciclovir prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus infection and disease in allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients: results of a placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

DJ Winston, WG Ho, K Bartoni, C Du Mond… - Annals of internal …, 1993 - acpjournals.org
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ganciclovir for prevention of
cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease. Design: A randomized, placebo-controlled …

Early treatment with ganciclovir to prevent cytomegalovirus disease after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

JM Goodrich, M Mori, CA Gleaves… - … England Journal of …, 1991 - Mass Medical Soc
Background. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality
after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. We conducted a controlled trial of ganciclovir …

Ganciclovir: An Update of its Use in the Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Recipients.

S Noble, D Faulds - Drugs, 1998 - search.ebscohost.com
Ganciclovir is a nucleoside analogue which is used to treat and prevent cytomegalovirus
(CMV) infection. Most recent clinical studies of ganciclovir in transplant recipients have …

Strategies for the prevention of cytomegalovirus disease after marrow transplantation

JM Goodrich, M Boeckh… - Clinical infectious diseases, 1994 - academic.oup.com
The purposes of this review are to examine the epidemiology of disease due to
cytomegalovirus (CMV) in recipients of autologous and allogeneic marrow transplants and …

Comparison of cytomegalovirus antigenemia and shell vial culture in allogeneic marrow transplantation recipients receiving ganciclovir prophylaxis

VA Nicholson, E Whimbey, R Champlin… - Bone marrow …, 1997 - nature.com
We prospectively monitored 61 allogeneic BMT patients for evidence of CMV infection and
disease starting 7 days prior to transplant until day 110 after transplant. Patients receiving …

Prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus infection with ganciclovir in allogeneic marrow transplantation

JC Yau, MA Dimopoulos, SD Huan… - European journal of …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is one of the most common causes of morbidity and
mortality after allogeneic marrow transplantation. We studied 14 consecutive CMV …

Prophylactic use of ganciclovir in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: absence of clinical cytomegalovirus infection

K Atkinson, K Downs, M Golenia, J Biggs… - British journal of …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Ganciclovir was given prophylactically to 25 patients receiving allogeneic bone marrow
transplants for haematological malignancy. Patients who were seropositive for …

Randomized clinical trial of ganciclovir vs acyclovir for prevention of cytomegalovirus antigenemia after allogeneic transplantation

LJ Burns, W Miller, C Kandaswamy, TE DeFor… - Bone marrow …, 2002 - nature.com
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease remains a major cause of morbidity following allogeneic
stem cell transplantation (SCT). In a prospective randomized trial, we tested prophylactic …