Would Kinetic Analyses of Plasma Cytomegalovirus DNA Load Help to Reach Consensus Criteria for Triggering the Initiation of Preemptive Antiviral Therapy in Transplant Recipients?

Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 1;63(11):1533-1535. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw608. Epub 2016 Aug 30.

Authors

Víctor Vinuesa¹, Estela Giménez¹, Carlos Solano^{2

3}, Concepción Gimeno⁴, David Navarro^{1

5}; Spanish Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Quality Control Study Group

Collaborators

Spanish Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Quality Control Study Group:
Javier Aznar, Laura Cardeñoso, Juan Carlos Galán, Julio García-Rodríguez, Juan Gutiérrez-Aroca, María Ángeles Marcos, José Luis Pérez-Saénz, Tomás Pumarola, Juan Carlos Rodríguez

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology Service.
² Hematology Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Instituto de Investigación.
³ Department of Medicine.
⁴ Microbiology Service, Consorcio Hospital General.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain.

PMID: 27578818
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw608

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Antiviral Agents
Consensus
Cytomegalovirus / genetics*
Cytomegalovirus Infections
DNA
DNA, Viral
Ganciclovir
Humans
Transplant Recipients*
Viral Load

Substances

Antiviral Agents
DNA, Viral
DNA
Ganciclovir