Letermovir Prophylaxis for Cytomegalovirus in Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation
Author(s) -
Francisco M. Marty,
Per Ljungman,
Roy F. Chemaly,
Johan Maertens,
Sanjeet Dadwal,
Rafael F. Duarte,
Shariq Haider,
Andrew J. Ullmann,
Yuta Katayama,
Janice Brown,
Kathleen M. Mullane,
Michael Boeckh,
Emily A. Blumberg,
Hermann Einsele,
David R. Snydman,
Yoshinobu Kanda,
Mark J. DiNubile,
Valerie Teal,
Hong Wan,
Yoshihiko Murata,
Nicholas A. Kartsonis,
Randi Y. Leavitt,
Cyrus Badshah
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1706640
Subject(s) - medicine , hematopoietic cell , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , transplantation , cytomegalovirus , virology , cytomegalovirus infections , haematopoiesis , immunology , intensive care medicine , oncology , human cytomegalovirus , virus , viral disease , herpesviridae , stem cell , biology , genetics
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains a common complication after allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation. Letermovir is an antiviral drug that inhibits the CMV-terminase complex.
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