Increased incidence of cytomegalovirus infection in high-risk liver transplant recipients receiving valganciclovir prophylaxis versus ganciclovir prophylaxis

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 963-967

  Shiley, Kevin T ^a   Gasink, Leanne B ^a   Barton, Todd D ^a   Pfeiffenberger, Patrice ^a   Olthoff, Kim M ^a   Blumberg, Emily A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DOSE KIDNEY FUNCTION RELATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69949089074     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21769     Document Type: Article

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