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1569. Incidence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Antiviral Prophylaxis Duration on Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Disease in High-Risk Donor Seropositive/Recipient Seronegative [D+R−] Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients (OHTR)

BACKGROUND: CMV disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in OHTR, especially among D+R− patients. Clinical trials of longer antiviral prophylaxis have shown reduced CMV disease incidence in kidney and lung transplant recipients but have not been done in OHTR. We aimed to characterize risk...

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Autores principales: Carcoana, Allison Dumitriu, Imlay, Hannah, Fisher, Cynthia, Wong, Beatrice, Rakita, Robert, Limaye, Ajit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253048/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1397