Cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in solid organ transplant recipients
Cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in solid organ transplant recipients
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DOI:
10.1097/00007890-199605150-00001
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发表时间:
1996-05-15
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Paya, CV
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作者:
Patel, R;Snydman, DR;Paya, CV
Symptomatic cytomegalovirus (CMV*) infection occurs in 8%, 29%, 25%, and 39% of kidney, liver, heart, and heartlung transplant recipients, respectively (1). CMV is transmitted to transplant recipients mainly by the donor organ and to a lesser degree by blood products (2). In the solid organ transplant recipient, CMV is related to:(1) infectious diseases syndromes and organ involvement (lung, liver, gastro-intestinal, retinitis, among others);(2) increased immunosuppression (hence its frequent association with other opportunistic infections, eg, fungal and Pneumocystis)(3); and (3) although controversial, acute and chronic allograft injury (4, 5).The diagnosis of CMV infection is based on the recognition of cytomegalic inclusion bodies in tissue. In addition, tube cell and shell vial culture techniques are used to detect replicating CMV in body fluids and in tissue. Demonstration of CMV in blood (viremia) or in tissue biopsies is highly correlated with the presence of clinically active or impending infection, whereas isolation of the virus from urine or respiratory secretions is frequently a marker of asymptomatic infection. Direct detection of antigenemia in blood leukocytes of transplant recipients is sensitive and more rapid than the shell vial technique, and provides an early marker of active CMV infection (6, 7). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques can detect CMV DNA in peripheral blood leukocytes (8), serum or plasma (9), and other clinical specimens, as well as CMV RNA in peripheral blood leukocytes. The clinical usefulness of PCR is currently being evaluated.