Deleterious Effect of Steroids on Cytomegalovirus Infection Rate after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Depends on Pretransplant Cytomegalovirus Serostatus of Donors and Recipients

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation : Journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
María Suárez-LledóMontserrat Rovira

Abstract

This study examined the impact of prednisone (PDN) on cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) according to donor and recipient CMV serostatus. Seventy-five patients underwent allo-SCT from June 2010 to July 2012. The risk of CMV infection according to donor and recipient serostatus was defined as follows: high risk (HR; D-/R+), intermediate risk (IR; D+/R+ and D+/R-), and low risk (D-/R-). Forty-five patients (60%) developed CMV infection, and 46 patients (61%) received steroids (PDN ≥ 1 mg/kg/day) to treat acute graft-versus-host disease. CMV infection was more common in those treated with steroids than in those not treated with steroids (70% versus 44%, respectively, P < .05). Overall, 40% of patients had recurrent CMV infection (50% PDN versus 24% no PDN, P < .05). Steroids had no impact on the incidence of CMV infection or its recurrence in HR patients; however, steroids did prolong the need for antiviral treatment. The incidence of CMV infection in IR patients was higher in those receiving PDN (80% PDN versus 41% no PDN, P = .01); recurrence rates were also higher (55% PDN versus 18% no PDN, P = .02). We analyzed CMV-specific immune reconstitution in the first 22 patients of th...Continue Reading

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