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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Diagnosis of Human Cytomegalovirus Drug Resistance Mutations in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients-A Review.

Madain S Alsanea, Ahmed A Al-Qahtani, Reem S Almaghrabi, Maha A AlAbdulkareem, Basma M Alahideb, Dalia Obeid, Feda A Alsuwairi, Fatimah S Alhamlan

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In one paragraph

Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Ganciclovir Resistance-Linked Mutations in the HCMVDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Madain S AlsaneaDepartment of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8632-2040
Ahmed A Al-QahtaniDepartment of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4584-5739
Reem S AlmaghrabiOrgan Transplant Center of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.
Maha A AlAbdulkareemDepartment of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9675-7195
Basma M AlahidebDepartment of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.
Dalia ObeidDepartment of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0251-1894
Feda A AlsuwairiDepartment of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.
Fatimah S AlhamlanDepartment of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1765-4310
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAAlfaisal University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection may be asymptomatic in healthy individuals but can cause severe complications in immunocompromised patients, including transplant recipients. Breakthrough and drug-resistant HCMV infections in such patients are major concerns. Clinicians are first challenged to accurately diagnose HCMV infection and then to identify the most effective antiviral drug and determine when to initiate therapy, alter drug dosage, or switch medication. This review critically examines HCMV diagnostics approaches, particularly for immunocompromised patients, and the development of genotypic techniques to rapidly diagnose drug resistance mutations. The current standard method to identify prevalent and well-known resistance mutations involves polymerase chain reaction amplification of UL97, UL54, and UL56 gene regions, followed by Sanger sequencing. This method can confirm clinical suspicion of drug resistance as well as determine the level of drug resistance and range of cross-resistance with other drugs. Despite the effectiveness of this approach, there remains an urgent need for more rapid and point-of-care HCMV diagnosis, allowing for timely lifesaving intervention.

Indexed as

CMVcytomegalovirusdiagnosisdrug resistanceNGSorgan transplantSanger sequencing

Identifiers

PMID38248079
PMCPMC10814084
OpenAlexW4390985792

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Registered trials

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