Antiviral medications to prevent cytomegalovirus disease and early death in recipients of solid-organ transplants: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

EM Hodson, CA Jones, AC Webster, GFM Strippoli… - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
Background Antiviral prophylaxis is commonly used in recipients of solid-organ transplants
with the aim of preventing the clinical syndrome associated with cytomegalovirus infection …

[HTML][HTML] Cytomegalovirus infection after liver transplantation: current concepts and challenges

RR Razonable - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common viral pathogen that influences the outcome of liver
transplantation. In addition to the direct effects of CMV syndrome and tissue-invasive …

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 …

Pharmacodynamics of oral ganciclovir and valganciclovir in solid organ transplant recipients

H Wiltshire, CV Paya, MD Pescovitz, A Humar… - …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background. A randomized, double-blind study was conducted to evaluate the
pharmacokinetics of ganciclovir following oral administration of ganciclovir or valganciclovir …

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 …

Management of cytomegalovirus infection in solid organ transplant recipients: SET/GESITRA-SEIMC/REIPI recommendations

J Torre-Cisneros, JM Aguado, JJ Caston… - Transplantation …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains a major complication of solid organ
transplantation. Because of management of CMV is variable among transplant centers, in …

The impact of the prevention strategies on the indirect effects of CMV infection in solid organ transplant recipients

A Roman, N Manito, JM Campistol… - Transplantation …, 2014 - Elsevier
Transplant recipients receiving immunosuppressive therapy are at increased risk of active
cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease. Without appropriate prophylaxis, as many as …

[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 …

CMV in critically ill patients: pathogen or bystander?

AP Limaye, M Boeckh - Reviews in medical virology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Despite broad variability in study populations, methodologies for CMV detection, and
analytic methods used, multiple studies have documented frequent CMV infection in non …