Trip to immunity: resistant cytomegalovirus infection in a lung transplant recipient
We report the case of a young female lung transplant recipient with difficult-to-treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease. While treatment with intravenous (IV) ganciclovir failed due to antiviral drug resistance, a trial with foscarnet resulted in severe side effects. In addition, the patient received...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-11-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214015690 |