## Key Points 1. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common infection after liver transplantation and manifests as an asymptomatic infection or clinically as CMV syndrome (fever and myelosuppression) or tissue-invasive CMV disease. 2. The most common risk factor for CMV disease is donor positivity and recip
Cytomegalovirus infection after liver transplantation using different prophylaxes
โ Scribed by A. Kornberg; Th. Grube; M. Hommann; U. Schotte; J. Scheele
- Book ID
- 117231504
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 43 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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C ytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous herpes virus that, together with human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6) and HHV-7, belongs to the ฮฒ-herpesvirus family. Like other herpes viruses, CMV establishes lifelong latent infections. Infection with CMV is common in all populations, but is infrequently associa
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections contracted after liver transplantation put patients at an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. We analyzed the effects of CMV infection by time of onset, mortality, and graft failure risk factors in liver recipients who were CMV donor-positive/recipient-positiv