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Valganciclovir as Treatment for Cytomegalovirus Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Valganciclovir as Treatment for Cytomegalovirus Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

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Valganciclovir as Treatment for Cytomegalovirus Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

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Full title

Valganciclovir as Treatment for Cytomegalovirus Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Publisher

United States: The University of Chicago Press

Journal title

Clinical infectious diseases, 2008-01, Vol.46 (1), p.20-27

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: The University of Chicago Press

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Contents

Background. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection causes morbidity in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, either by direct injury or in association with chronic allograft rejection or other opportunistic infections. Ganciclovir is the treatment of choice, but this agent requires intravenous administration, which affects its feasibility for long‐term...

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Full title

Valganciclovir as Treatment for Cytomegalovirus Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_20858977

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_20858977

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ISSN

1058-4838

E-ISSN

1537-6591

DOI

10.1086/523590

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