| Literature DB >> 18419454 |
Michael Y Shapira1, Igor B Resnick, Sunwen Chou, Avidan U Neumann, Nell S Lurain, Thomas Stamminger, Orit Caplan, Niveen Saleh, Thomas Efferth, Manfred Marschall, Dana G Wolf.
Abstract
This is the first report of treatment of cytomegalovirus infection with artesunate, for a stem cell transplant recipient with a newly identified foscarnet-resistant and ganciclovir-resistant DNA polymerase L776M mutation. Artesunate treatment resulted in a 1.7-2.1-log reduction in viral load by treatment day 7, with a viral half-life of 0.9-1.9 days, indicating a highly effective block in viral replication.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18419454 DOI: 10.1086/587106
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079