| Literature DB >> 24184983 |
R Germi1, C Mariette2, S Alain3, J Lupo4, A Thiebaut5, J P Brion2, O Epaulard6, C Saint Raymond7, P Malvezzi8, P Morand4.
Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) strains resistant to ganciclovir, cidofovir and/or foscarnet were genotypically and phenotypically characterised in two haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and three solid-organ transplant recipients with CMV disease. The anti-malaria drug artesunate led to a favourable virological and clinical response in three cases with mild CMV diseases (fever and neutropaenia) but was ineffective in two fatal CMV diseases with lung involvement in spite of a decrease in the CMV DNA load in blood and bronchoalveolar fluid.Entities:
Keywords: Artesunate; Cytomegalovirus; Multidrug resistance; Transplantation
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24184983 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.10.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antiviral Res ISSN: 0166-3542 Impact factor: 5.970