2617. Antiviral usage for herpes simplex virus (HSV) detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in hematologic malignancy (HM) and solid organ malignancy (SOM) patients with pulmonary infiltrates; impact of infectious disease consultation (IDC) on antiviral stewardship

BACKGROUND: HSV reactivation (HSVr) is frequent in HM and SOM patients while oropharyngeal/ mucocutaneous infections (OP-MCI) and especially HSV pneumonitis (HSVP) are uncommon. BALF-HSV-PCR can identify shedding or disease, however, may result in inappropriate high dose antiviral usage in non-HSVP...

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Autores principales: Fu, Cynthia, Ross, Justine Abella, Ma, Huiyan, Tegtmeier, Bernard, Dickter, Jana, Nanayakkara, Deepa D, Puing, Alfredo, Kaur, Avneet, Taplitz, Randy, Dadwal, Sanjeet S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678139/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.2230

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678139/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.2230

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