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Successful outcome of ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus infection in organ transplant recipients after conversion to mTOR inhibitors
- Source :
- Transplant International. 25:e78-e82
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media SA, 2012.
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Abstract
- Summary Ganciclovir-resistant (GanR) cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection after organ transplantation is emerging as a significant therapeutic challenge. We report two cases of GanR CMV infection successfully managed by switching immunosuppression from calcineurin inhibitors to an mTOR inhibitor-based regimen. This salvage therapy should be considered when other options are not available.
- Subjects :
- Ganciclovir
Transplantation
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection
virus diseases
Salvage therapy
Immunosuppression
medicine.disease
Discovery and development of mTOR inhibitors
Organ transplantation
Calcineurin
Regimen
Immunology
medicine
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09340874
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Transplant International
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........bb4507690b44241431251575d86b5686
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01489.x