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Combined Therapy with Intravenous Immunoglobulins, Letermovir and (Val-)Ganciclovir in Complicated Courses of CMV-Infection in Transplant Recipients

Authors :
Veronica Di Cristanziano
Patrick Affeldt
Moritz Trappe
Maike Wirtz
Eva Heger
Elena Knops
Rolf Kaiser
Dirk Stippel
Roman-Ulrich Müller
Udo Holtick
Christoph Scheid
Martin Kann
Christine E. Kurschat
Franziska Grundmann
Source :
Microorganisms, Vol 9, Iss 8, p 1666 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2021.

Abstract

The treatment options for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in immunosuppressed patients are limited, mainly consisting of (val-)ganciclovir (VGC/GCV) as the first-line treatment. We report on three transplant recipients, one stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT) patient and two kidney transplant (KTx) recipients, with prolonged CMV viremia treated with a combined therapy based on letermovir (LMV), CMV-specific intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg), and VGC/GCV, which led to the sustained control of CMV viremia in all patients.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20762607
Volume :
9
Issue :
8
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Microorganisms
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.274aa9413247dcbdc94757deebfe1f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9081666