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Infectious diseases in pediatric transplantation: Review of the literature 2007–2008
Author(s) -
L’Huillier Arnaud G.,
PosfayBarbe Klara M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01249.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , cytomegalovirus , intensive care medicine , cytomegalovirus infection , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , human cytomegalovirus , viral disease , herpesviridae
L’Huillier AG, Posfay‐Barbe KM. Infectious diseases in pediatric transplantation: Review of the literature 2007–2008.
Pediatr Transplantation 2010: 14: 23–32.© 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Abstract: After the first decades in the history of (pediatric) transplantation which focused on finding proper surgical techniques and the best immunosuppressive regimen, infections have been increasingly recognized as important for survival and quality of life in transplant recipients, and many researchers work on either decreasing the risk for infection or treating it (or both). This not exhaustive review of the scientific articles published between 2007 and 2008 looks from the infectious diseases point of view at the most exciting information for different types of transplanted organs. It reviews new approaches to frequent infections, such as BK virus, cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, and adenoviral infections but also to Aspergillus and mold infections, which are linked with high mortality rates in transplant recipients. It also examines novel markers to discriminate between infection and rejection. Comments to each manuscript have been added, but we strongly encourage the reader to refer to the original work for more in depth evaluation.