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ArticleCase reports in nephrology2016

Ganciclovir-Resistant Cytomegalovirus Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Successfully Treated with Foscarnet and Everolimus.

Viola Menghi, Giorgia Comai, Olga Baraldi, Giovanni Liviano D'Arcangelo, Tiziana Lazzarotto, Gaetano La Manna

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Article in Case reports in nephrology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Viola MenghiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, St. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Giorgia ComaiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, St. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Olga BaraldiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, St. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Giovanni Liviano D'ArcangeloDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, St. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Tiziana LazzarottoClinical Microbiology Unit, St. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Gaetano La MannaDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, St. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains a major cause of morbidity, graft failure, and death in kidney transplant recipients. We describe a case of a 53-year-old CMV-seronegative man who underwent renal transplant from a CMV-positive donor and who developed ganciclovir- (GCV-) resistant CMV infection. Foscarnet was started while immunosuppressive therapy was modified with the introduction of everolimus minimizing tacrolimus dosage. Only two weeks after the start of this treatment regimen was the patient's viral load negative. At two-year follow-up the patient has no clinical or laboratory signs of CMV infection and a good and stable renal function or graft survival. In our case, administration of an mTOR inhibitor combined with foscarnet led to rapid and persistent viral clearance without compromising short- and medium-term graft function. This combination therapy supports the need for the kidney transplant community to individualize a target therapy for each type of GCV-resistant CMV infection.

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