CYTOMEGALOVIRUS AS A CAUSE OF MORBIDITY IN HEART TRANSPLANTATION
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Transplantation
- Vol. 62 (4) , 492-496
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007890-199608270-00011
Abstract
The accumulated data from 78 heart transplant recipients surviving for more than one month postoperatively were reviewed; the median duration of follow up was 16 months. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease was seen most frequently in recipients of hearts from CMV-seropositive donors, irrespective of the recipient CMV antibody status. CMV-related illness was detected in 13 patients; of the six who developed pneumonitis, five were CMV-seropositive recipients with seropositive donors. CMV was not a common cause of hepatitis or gastrointestinal symptoms.Keywords
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