Open AccessCYTOMEGALOVIRUS AS A CAUSE OF MORBIDITY IN HEART TRANSPLANTATION
Author(s) -
Howard H. Steel,
Andrew J. Murday
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199608270-00011
Subject(s) - cytomegalovirus , medicine , pneumonitis , heart transplantation , betaherpesvirinae , transplantation , pneumonia , hepatitis , cytomegalovirus infections , immunology , viral disease , herpesviridae , human cytomegalovirus , virus , lung
The accumulated data from 78 heart transplant recipients surviving for more than one month postoperatively were reviewed; the median duration of follow up was 16 months. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease was seen most frequently in recipients of hearts from CMV-seropositive donors, irrespective of the recipient CMV antibody status. CMV-related illness was detected in 13 patients; of the six who developed pneumonitis, five were CMV-seropositive recipients with seropositive donors. CMV was not a common cause of hepatitis or gastrointestinal symptoms.