Does Valganciclovir Hydrochloride (Valcyte) Provide Effective Prophylaxis Against Cytomegalovirus Infection in Liver Transplant Recipients?
β Scribed by A. Jain; M. Orloff; R. Kashyap; K. Lansing; R. Betts; R. Mohanka; M. Menegus; C. Ryan; A. Bozorgzadeh
- Book ID
- 116931468
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 185 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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We read the article by Park et al. with great interest. 1 The authors retrospectively studied the efficacy of low-dose oral valganciclovir (n Ο 49) compared with the standard dose of ganciclovir (n Ο 60) for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in adult liver transplant recipients. The au
Optimal measures for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in high-risk orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patients are unknown. The charts of high-risk OLT recipients with 12 months of follow-up who were transplanted over a 44-month period were reviewed. The incidence of CMV disease in CMV-seropos