Kyungmin Huh, Sang-Oh Lee, Jungok Kim, Su Jin Lee, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Ji-Man Kang, Jaeseok Yang, Heungsup Sung, Si-Ho Kim, Chisook Moon, Hyeri Seok, Hye Jin Shi, Yu Mi Wi, Su Jin Jeong, Wan Beom Park, Youn Jeong Kim, Jongman Kim, Hyung Joon Ahn, Nam Joong Kim, Kyong Ran Peck, Myoung Soo Kim, Sang Il Kim
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most important opportunistic viral pathogen in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. The Korean guideline for the prevention of CMV infection in SOT recipients was developed jointly by the Korean Society for Infectious Diseases and the Korean Society of Transplantation. CMV serostatus of both donors and recipients should be screened before transplantation to best assess the risk of CMV infection after SOT. Seronegative recipients receiving organs from seropositive donors face the highest risk, followed by seropositive recipients...
March 12, 2024: Infection & Chemotherapy