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Antiviral drug resistance in cytomegalovirus complicating hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: prevalence, genotypic analysis and novel UL97/UL54 variants.
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) - 1 Oct 2026
Çevik Şerife, Gökahmetoğlu Selma, Parkan Ömür Mustafa, Kaynar Leylagül, Karakükçü Musa, Kabirun Mariam
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated antiviral resistance by sequencing UL97 and UL54 in cytomegalovirus (CMV) strains from haematology and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients. Fifty-one samples from 48 patients (21 paediatric and 27 adult) with CMV DNA ≥1000 IU/mL and persistent viremia despite therapy were analysed. Resistance-associated mutations were identified in 6/48 patients (12.5%), all HSCT recipients...
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- Humans
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Drug Resistance, Viral
- Cytomegalovirus Infections
- Antiviral Agents
