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Revista Cubana de Hematología, Inmunología y Hemoterapia
On-line version ISSN 1561-2996
Abstract
JAIME FAGUNDO, Juan Carlos; ROQUE GARCIA, Wilfredo and CASTELLANOS HERNANDEZ, Leónides. Cytomegalovirus in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.1 Epub Mar 01, 2021. ISSN 1561-2996.
Introduction:
Cytomegalovirus infection is very common in patients undergoing hematopoietic progenitor transplantation, due to myeloablative conditioning treatments, genetic disparity, and immunosuppressive treatment, and occurs mainly after the engrafment.
Objective:
A review and update of the diagnosis and management of cytomegalovirus is made in hematopoietic transplant recipients.
Method:
A bibliographic review was carried out in Spanish and English, using the search engines of Pubmed, Scholar Google and Scielo about the diagnosis and management of cytomegalovirus in hematopoietic transplant recipients.
Development:
The information obtained was collected and organized chronologically about the emergence of techniques for diagnosis and the appearance of new drugs in recent years. Recent articles by experts in prestigious journals were reviewed and the importance of early diagnosis and initiation of treatment is evidenced.
Conclusions:
There are currently new forms of diagnosis and novel medications, but mortality can be high, if the patient is not treated before the symptoms of the disease appear and even despite treatment, sometimes it is not possible to eradicate the virus, leading to major complications and death. Cytomegalic disease continues to be a frequent complication in these patients despite measures to prevent virus reactivation.
Keywords : cytomegalovirus; cytomegalic disease; hematopoietic transplantation; immunosuppression; ganciclovir; letermovir.