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L. N. Small, J. Lau and D. R. Snydman, “Preventing Post-Organ Transplantation Cytomegalovirus Disease with Ganciclovir: A Meta-Analysis Comparing Prophylactic and Preemptive Therapies,” Clinical Infectious Disease, Vol. 43, No. 7, 2006, pp. 869-880. doi:10.1086/507337

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• TITLE: A Case of Cytomegalovirus-Induced Arthritis after Lymphocyte-Depleting Therapy for Kidney Allograft Rejection

  AUTHORS: Richard Fuquay, James Eric Cooper

  KEYWORDS: Cytomegalovirus (Mesh); Arthritis (Mesh); Kidney Transplantation (Mesh); Immunosuppression (Mesh); Chemoprevention (Mesh); Valganciclovir (Mesh)

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Nephrology, Vol.2 No.1, March 28, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Cytomegalovirus viremia and tissue-invasive disease are common after kidney transplantation. Chemoprophylaxis has made substantial improvement in this clinical problem. Here we report a 29-year-old woman who had kidney allograft rejection and received lymphocyte-depleting therapy. She presented with a new oligo-arthritis that led to 2 successive arthrocenteses. The etiology of the inflammation could not be determined initially. On the second arthrocentesis, a synovial fluid cytomegalovirus polymerase chain reaction test was positive. The patient responded to treatment with valganciclovir, had negative follow-up serum cytomegalovirus polymerase chain reaction tests, and experienced resolution of her joint inflammation. We review briefly the data for cytomegalovirus chemoprophylaxis, preemptive screening, and treatment recommendations.