National survey of prevention and management of CMV infection in pediatric kidney transplantation in comparison to clinical practice guidelines

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most frequent opportunistic infections in kidney transplant (KT) recipients and is a risk factor for patient and graft survival after KT. Center-to-center variation, optimal prevention and treatment strategies in pediatric KT are currently unknown. This survey aimed to assess current CMV prevention and treatment strategies used among French pediatric KT centers.

Methods

A web-based survey was sent to all 13 French pediatric kidney transplantation centers.

Results

Twelve (92%) centers responded to the survey. All centers used prophylaxis for the donor-positive/recipient-negative (D+/R-) group. For R + patients, 54% used prophylaxis, 37% used a pre-emptive strategy. In the low-risk group, D-/R-, 50% used a pre-emptive

SUBMITTER: Madden I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9800817 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature