Pulmonary complications of solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

RM Kotloff, VN Ahya, SW Crawford - American journal of respiratory …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
The ability to successfully transplant solid organs and hematopoietic stem cells represents
one of the landmark medical achievements of the twentieth century. Solid organ …

Cytomegalovirus

PD Griffiths - Principles and practice of clinical virology, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections were first described in the early years of the twentieth
century when the typical owl's eye intranuclear inclusions were found by histopathologists in …

Meta-analysis: the efficacy of strategies to prevent organ disease by cytomegalovirus in solid organ transplant recipients

AC Kalil, J Levitsky, E Lyden, J Stoner… - Annals of internal …, 2005 - acpjournals.org
Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV), the most common opportunistic viral infection in solid
organ transplant recipients, is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Purpose …

Fibrosis progression after liver transplantation in patients with recurrent hepatitis C

UP Neumann, T Berg, M Bahra, D Seehofer… - Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Aim of our study was to analyze fibrosis progression after liver
transplantation (OLT) in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients based on protocol liver …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term outcomes of CMV disease treatment with valganciclovir versus IV ganciclovir in solid organ transplant recipients

A Asberg, A Humar, AG Jardine, H Rollag… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Though an important cause of morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplantation (SOT),
the long-term outcomes of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease treatment have not been well …

Preventing post-organ transplantation cytomegalovirus disease with ganciclovir: a meta-analysis comparing prophylactic and preemptive therapies

LN Small, J Lau, DR Snydman - Clinical infectious diseases, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) causes significant morbidity and mortality in transplant
recipients, but there is no consensus regarding the most appropriate prevention method …

Pre‐emptive treatment for cytomegalovirus viraemia to prevent cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplant recipients

DS Owers, AC Webster, GFM Strippoli… - Cochrane database …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in solid
organ transplant recipients. Pre‐emptive treatment of patients with CMV viraemia using …

A direct and indirect comparison meta-analysis on the efficacy of cytomegalovirus preventive strategies in solid organ transplant

DF Florescu, F Qiu, CM Schmidt… - Clinical infectious …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background. Prophylactic and preemptive strategies are used to prevent cytomegalovirus
(CMV) infections after solid organ transplant. We assessed the safety and efficacy of both …

[PDF][PDF] Diarrhea in liver transplant recipients: etiology and management

PM Ginsburg, PJ Thuluvath - Liver Transplantation, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Diarrhea is common after liver transplantation (LT). The true incidence of diarrhea in liver
transplant recipients is unknown but possibly ranges from 10% to 43% based on a few …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of the intensity of immunosuppressive therapy on outcome of treatment for CMV disease in organ transplant recipients

A Åsberg, AG Jardine, AA Bignamini, H Rollag… - American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
An effective host immune response, critical for successful control of Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
disease in solid organ transplant recipients, is affected by intensity and type of …