Article
Virologic characterization of multidrug-resistant cytomegalovirus infection in 2 transplant recipients treated with maribavir.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2010
Strasfeld Lynne, Lee Ingi, Tatarowicz Walter, Villano Stephen, Chou Sunwen
Abstract excerpt
The experimental cytomegalovirus UL97 kinase inhibitor maribavir was used to treat 2 cases of infection in which viral mutations that conferred ganciclovir and foscarnet resistance had evolved sequentially. In one case, viral shedding was cleared without evidence of maribavir resistance in an isolate obtained after therapy. In the other case, a high-grade viremia was initially reduced 50-fold but rebounded 2...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antiviral Agents
- Benzimidazoles
- Cytomegalovirus
- Cytomegalovirus Infections
- Female
- Heart Transplantation
- Humans
- Lung Transplantation
- Male
