Long-term outcomes of CMV disease treatment with valganciclovir versus IV ganciclovir in solid organ transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1205-1213

  Asberg A ^a   Humar, A ^b   Jardine, A G ^c   Rollag, H ^a   Pescovitz, M D ^d   Mouas, H ^e   Bignamini, A ^f   Toz H ^g   Dittmer, I ^h   Montejo, M ⁱ   Hartmann, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^h AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical study; Cytomegalovirus (CMV); Disease recurrence; Ganciclovir; Long term outcomes; Randomized controlled trials; Recurrence; Solid organ tranplant; Valganciclovir

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 65249181619     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02617.x     Document Type: Article

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