Open AccessImpact of cytomegalovirus reactivation just before liver transplantation: A prospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Claudio Stadnik,
Cássia Ferreira Braz Caurio,
Edison M Rodrigues-Filho,
Wagner Luís Nedel,
Guido Pio Gracco Cantisani,
Maria Lúcia Zanotelli,
Alessandro C. Pasqualotto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2150-5330
DOI - 10.4291/wjgp.v12.i3.51
Subject(s) - medicine , prospective cohort study , liver transplantation , cytomegalovirus , transplantation , cohort , cytomegalovirus infection , cytomegalovirus infections , cohort study , virology , immunology , human cytomegalovirus , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , herpesviridae , virus
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common viral pathogen after liver transplantation (LT). Although reactivation of CMV infection is generally described in the context of immunosuppression, it has also been described in critically ill immunocompetent patients including cirrhotic patients.