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Successful Treatment with Letermovir in a Heart Transplant Recipient with UL97 Mutation Ganciclovir-Resistant Cytomegalovirus Colitis and Viremia.
International heart journal - 31 Mar 2023
Yanase Tomonobu, Hatano Masaru, Bujo Chie, Tsuji Masaki, Ishida Junichi, Amiya Eisuke, Okamoto Koh, Ando Masahiko, Shimada Shogo, Kinoshita Osamu, Fukushi Shuetsu, Yamada Souichi, Ono Minoru, Komuro Issei
Abstract excerpt
Currently available anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) agents are sometimes poorly tolerated, owing to their side effects. Letermovir is a novel anti-CMV drug that is only approved for CMV prophylaxis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, with fewer side effects. We report the case of a heart transplant recipient with UL97 mutation (L595F) ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus colitis who was successfully...
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