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Emerging (val)ganciclovir resistance during treatment of congenital CMV infection: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is an important illness that is a common cause of hearing loss in newborn infants and a major cause of disability in children. For that reason, treatment of symptomatic patients with either ganciclovir or its pro-drug valganciclovir is recommen...

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Autores principales: Morillo-Gutierrez, Beatriz, Waugh, Sheila, Pickering, Ailsa, Flood, Terence, Emonts, Marieke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-017-0933-6