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| Schröeder,Regina; Michelon,Tatiana; Wurdig,João; Fagundes,Iara; Schio,Sadi; Sanchez,Leticia; Camargo,José J.; Sukkienik,Teresa C.; Pasqualotto,Alessandro C.; Neumann,Jorge. |
| The best strategy for control of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in lung transplant patients is still not determined. The aim of this study was to document the incidence of CMV infection in a cohort of lung transplant recipients under universal prophylaxis with intravenous ganciclovir. All patients received immunosuppressive regimens consisting of cyclosporine, azathioprine, and prednisone. Regardless of CMV serostatus, intravenous ganciclovir was prescribed for every patient in the first 3 months post-transplantation. CMV infection was defined as the detection of CMV pp65 in leukocytes. Eighty-two lung transplant patients were included over a 5-year period. The incidence of CMV infection in the first year post-transplantation was 68.3%, occurring after a... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cytomegalovirus; Antigenemia; Lung transplantation; Ganciclovir; Prophylaxis. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000200008 |
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| Montagner,Juliana; Michelon,Tatiana; Fontanelle,Barbara; Oliveira,Alexandre; Silveira,Janaina; Schroeder,Regina; Neumann,Jorge; Keitel,Elizete; Alexandre,Claudio Osmar Pereira. |
| INTRODUCTION: BKV nephropathy (BKN) causes kidney graft loss, whose specific diagnosis is invasive and might be predicted by the early detection of active viral infection. OBJECTIVE: Determine the BKV-infection prevalence in late kidney graft dysfunction by urinary decoy cell (DC) and viral DNA detection in urine (viruria) and blood (viremia; active infection). METHODS: Kidney recipients with >1 month follow-up and creatinine >1.5 mg/dL and/or recent increasing >20% (n = 120) had their urine and blood tested for BKV by semi-nested PCR, DC searching, and graft biopsy. PCR-positive patients were classified as 1+, 2+, 3+. DC, viruria and viremia prevalence, sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratio (LR) were determined (Table 2x2). Diagnosis... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: BK virus; Decoy cells; Kidney transplantation; PCR; Viremia; Viruria. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000200010 |
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