| Title | Preemptive therapy is not adequate for prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in pancreas-kidney transplant recipients. | | Author(s) | López-Medrano F, Rueda B, Lizasoain M, Juan RS, Folgueira D, Andrés A, Morales JM, Jiménez C, Meneu JC, Aguado JM | | Institution | Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. | | Source | Transpl Infect Dis 2009 Jun 29. | | Abstract | Background. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains the most common viral infection after pancreas-kidney transplantation (PKT). Comparative studies about CMV prophylaxis in PKT have not been developed. Methods. We analyzed CMV disease in a cohort of 84 PKT recipients. All received intravenous ganciclovir during treatment with anti-thymocyte globulin and later one of the following options for pre-transplant CMV-seropositive recipients: (a) no prophylaxis (n=10 patients), (b) preemptive therapy (PT) (n=13), or (c) continuous prophylaxis (CP) for 12 weeks (n=29). Pre-transplant CMV-seronegative recipients received CP (n=21).
Results. Eleven patients were excluded because of organ explantation in the first 15 days. Incidence of CMV disease in seropositive recipients was 30% under no prophylaxis, 23% under PT, and 6.9% under CP. Incidence of CMV disease under CP was 33.3% in seronegative recipients. Six of 9 episodes of CMV disease under CP occurred after finishing prophylaxis. Under CP, the incidence of CMV disease was significantly higher in seronegative than in seropositive recipients (P<0.05).
Conclusion. According to the results of our study, for CMV-seropositive PKT recipients, CP is a better strategy than PT. For CMV-seronegative recipients, 3 months of CP is an inadequate strategy. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19570139 |
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