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BACKGROUND:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can increase morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant (KT) patients. Chemoprophylaxis with valganciclovir (VGCV) is recommended for ABO-incompatible (ABOi) KT patients as it significantly reduces CMV disease and infection. The recommended dose of VGCV for prevention of CMV in a KT recipient is 900 mg once daily, and the treatment duration is 6 months. However, because it is expensive, sufficient amounts might not be administered. METHODS:We investigated whether ultralow-dose VGCV (450 mg every other day) and short dosing period (3 months) was sufficient to prevent CMV infection after ABOi KT. We retrospectively evaluated 74 adult CMV-seropositive donor/CMV-seropositive recipient (D+/R+) ABOi KT recipients from June 2009 to July 2016 who received ultralow-dose VGCV prophylaxis for 3 months. The primary outcome was occurrence of CMV infection. Secondary outcomes were leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. RESULT:All patients received intravenous rituximab 200 mg once and plasmapheresis for reduction of anti-A/B antibodies and interleukin-2 antibodies before undergoing ABOi KT. Mean prophylaxis and follow-up durations were 3 and 52 months, respectively. One patient died of bacterial pneumonia. Four patients lost graft function and were undergoing hemodialysis; 3 cases were caused by antibody-mediated rejection, and 1 was due to mechanical complication after surgery. Fortunately, CMV infection did not occur in any patient. CONCLUSION:Ultralow-dose VGCV is an effective prophylaxis for D+/R+ ABOi KT recipients. Especially, ultralow-dose VGCV CMV infection prevention protocol in Asian populations reduced the side effects and cost.
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Transplant Procjournal_title
Transplantation proceedingsauthors
Lee JH,Hwang SD,Song JH,Kim JH,Kim HY,Lee DY,Oh JS,Sin YH,Kim JKdoi
10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.04.010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-10-01 00:00:00pages
2485-2488issue
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0041-1345issn
1873-2623pii
S0041-1345(18)30575-Xjournal_volume
50pub_type
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