Antiviral drug resistance of human cytomegalovirus

NS Lurain, S Chou - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The study of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) antiviral drug resistance has enhanced
knowledge of the virological targets and the mechanisms of antiviral activity. The currently …

Antiviral drug resistance: mechanisms and clinical implications

L Strasfeld, S Chou - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2010 - id.theclinics.com
In the setting of intensive immunosuppression for the management of rejection in solid organ
transplant (SOT) recipients, or graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in hematopoietic stem cell …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescents

JE Kaplan, C Benson, KK Holmes, JT Brooks, A Pau… - MMWR Recomm …, 2009 - cdc.gov
This report updates and combines earlier versions of guidelines for the prevention and
treatment of opportunistic infections (OIs) in HIV-infected adults (ie, persons aged> 18 years) …

International consensus guidelines on the management of cytomegalovirus in solid organ transplantation

CN Kotton, D Kumar, AM Caliendo, A Åsberg… - …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains one of the most common infections after solid organ
transplantation, resulting in significant morbidity, graft loss, and occasional mortality …

How I treat resistant cytomegalovirus infection in hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients

F El Chaer, DP Shah… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a significant complication in hematopoietic cell
transplantation (HCT) recipients. Four antiviral drugs are used for preventing or treating …

Rapid In Vitro Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus UL56 Mutations That Confer Letermovir Resistance

S Chou - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Letermovir (LMV) is an experimental cytomegalovirus terminase inhibitor undergoing phase
3 clinical trials. Viral mutations have been described at UL56 codons 231 to 369 that confer …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of letermovir resistance in a lung transplant recipient with ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus infection

L Cherrier, A Nasar, KJ Goodlet, MD Nailor… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Following a year of valganciclovir prophylaxis, a lung transplant recipient developed
cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection that became resistant to ganciclovir, as confirmed by …

Advances in the genotypic diagnosis of cytomegalovirus antiviral drug resistance

S Chou - Antiviral research, 2020 - Elsevier
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) drug resistance mutation maps are updated with recent information
for polymerase inhibitors, the terminase inhibitor letermovir and the UL97 kinase inhibitor …

Clinical development of letermovir and maribavir: Overview of human cytomegalovirus drug resistance

J Piret, G Boivin - Antiviral research, 2019 - Elsevier
The prevention and treatment of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections is based on the
use of antiviral agents that currently target the viral DNA polymerase and that may cause …

Cytomegalovirus UL97 mutations in the era of ganciclovir and maribavir

S Chou - Reviews in medical virology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Mutations in the human CMV UL97 kinase gene are a major mechanism of viral resistance
to two anti‐CMV drugs, ganciclovir (GCV) and maribavir (MBV). GCV, the most widely used …