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ArticleBone marrow transplantation2006

Evaluation of the COBAS Amplicor HCMV Monitor for early detection and monitoring of human cytomegalovirus infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

C Lengerke, T Ljubicic, C Meisner, J Loeffler, C Sinzger, H Einsele, H Hebart

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Article in Bone marrow transplantation, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C LengerkeDepartment of Hematology/Oncology, University of Tübingen Medical Center, Tübingen, Germany.
T Ljubicic
C Meisner
J Loeffler
C Sinzger
H Einsele
H Hebart
University of Tübingen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early diagnosis of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection and the introduction of preemptive antiviral therapy have reduced HCMV-related mortality after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. A critical goal remains stratifying risk profiles and minimizing potential harm owing to antiviral overtreatment. We compared the commercially available standardized COBAS Amplicor CMV Monitor (CACM) to an in-house PCR assay, for the monitoring of HCMV infection. Seventy-two patients were surveyed by an in-house PCR of whole blood, quantitative viral load assessment by CACM and virus culture assays in a prospective and a retrospective study. A high concordance between CACM and PCR was documented. The viral load at onset correlated with the peak viral load (Spearman rank correlation R=0.634, P=0.0004). In patients developing HCMV disease, both viral loads were in trend higher (P=0.823, respectively P=0.053), and the viremic episodes longer (P=0.015), as compared to asymptomatically HCMV-infected patients. The serological pre-transplant status was the major risk factor for the development of HCMV disease, showing highest risk for seropositive patients receiving a seronegative graft, whereas donor type (related or unrelated) and graft type (bone marrow or peripheral blood mobilized stem cells) did not have an influence. HCMV infection proved to be a risk factor for the development of non-viral opportunistic infections (P=0.002).

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AdultAgedCytomegalovirus InfectionsDNA, ViralFemaleFibroblastsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolymerase Chain ReactionPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesReagent Kits, DiagnosticRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsDNA, ViralReagent Kits, Diagnostic

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