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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Cytomegalovirus Viremia after Living and Deceased Donation in Kidney Transplantation.

Ulrich Jehn, Katharina Schütte-Nütgen, Joachim Bautz, Hermann Pavenstädt, Barbara Suwelack, Gerold Thölking, Hauke Heinzow, Stefan Reuter

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ulrich JehnDepartment of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.
Katharina Schütte-NütgenDepartment of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.
Joachim BautzDepartment of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6684-7699
Hermann PavenstädtDepartment of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.
Barbara SuwelackDepartment of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.
Gerold ThölkingDepartment of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.
Hauke HeinzowDepartment of Medicine B, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.
Stefan ReuterDepartment of Medicine D, Division of General Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Hospital of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3011-8347
University Hospital Münster · DE

Funding

University of Münster, IZKF KSN
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite screening, effective anti-viral drugs and risk-balanced prophylaxis, cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains a major cause of morbidity in transplant patients. The objective of this study was to retrospectively analyze the risk factors associated with CMV viremia after kidney transplantation in a large European cohort with standardized valganciclovir prophylaxis in the present era. A special focus was placed on the comparison of living and postmortal donation. We conducted a longitudinal observational study involving 723 adult patients with a total of 3292 patient-years who were transplanted at our center between 2007 and 2015. Valganciclovir prophylaxis was administered over 100 days for CMV+ donors (D) or recipients (R), over 200 days for D+/R-, and none in D-/R-. A CMV+ donor, rejection episodes, and deceased donor transplantation were identified to be associated with increased incidences of CMV viremia. Although we did not find a reduced overall survival rate for patients with CMV viremia, it was associated with worse graft function. Since we observed a relevant number of CMV infections despite prescribing valganciclovir prophylaxis, a pre-emptive strategy in patients with (suspected) adherence restrictions could be favored. Our data can help transplant physicians educate their patients about their individual CMV risk and choose the most appropriate CMV treatment approach.

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antiviral prophylaxisCMVCytomegaloviruskidney transplantationliving donationrenal diseaseValganciclovir

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PMCPMC7019428
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