Cytomegalovirus viremia in lung transplant recipients receiving ganciclovir and immune globulin

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C A GutiérrezS Kesten

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease is an important cause of organ transplant-related morbidity and mortality. During the last 5 years at our institution, prophylactic ganciclovir and hyperimmune globulin have been routinely administered to lung transplant recipients whenever the donor or the recipient was CMV antibody-positive. We sought to assess the efficacy of prophylaxis on viremia, CMV disease, and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). A retrospective chart review of 61 consecutive lung transplants performed between recipients between January 1993 and August 1995 was performed. Fifty-six patients who survived at least 1 month were analyzed. Patients were considered at risk for CMV disease whenever pretransplant donor or recipient serology was positive. Fourteen of the 39 patients at risk (36%) had viremia while on prophylaxis. The rate of CMV disease was 13% during the first 6 months following transplantation. A donor whose CMV serology was positive appeared to increase the risk of BOS in a Cox regression model (relative risk=2.4; 95% confidence interval=0.86-6.74; p=0.0957). Neither age, CMV infection (viremia or a positive specimen from BAL), recipient's serology at the time of transplantation, or CMV disease was associate...Continue Reading

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