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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 56, 期 6, 页码 817-824出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis993
关键词
Quantiferon-CMV; late-onset CMV disease; protection; antiviral prophylaxis
资金
- Alberta Transplant Institute Innovation Fund
- Roche Pharmaceuticals Switzerland
- Roche
- Sanofi-Pasteur
- Astellas
- Merck
- ViraCor
Background. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease remains an important problem in solid-organ transplant recipients, with the greatest risk among donor CMV-seropositive, recipient-seronegative (D+/R-) patients. CMV-specific cell-mediated immunity may be able to predict which patients will develop CMV disease. Methods. We prospectively included D+/R- patients who received antiviral prophylaxis. We used the Quantiferon-CMV assay to measure interferon-gamma levels following in vitro stimulation with CMV antigens. The test was performed at the end of prophylaxis and 1 and 2 months later. The primary outcome was the incidence of CMV disease at 12 months after transplant. We calculated positive and negative predictive values of the assay for protection from CMV disease. Results. Overall, 28 of 127 (22%) patients developed CMV disease. Of 124 evaluable patients, 31 (25%) had a positive result, 81 (65.3%) had a negative result, and 12 (9.7%) had an indeterminate result (negative mitogen and CMV antigen) with the Quantiferon-CMV assay. At 12 months, patients with a positive result had a subsequent lower incidence of CMV disease than patients with a negative and an indeterminate result (6.4% vs 22.2% vs 58.3%, respectively; P < .001). Positive and negative predictive values of the assay for protection from CMV disease were 0.90 (95% confidence interval [CI], .74-.98) and 0.27 (95% CI, .18-.37), respectively. Conclusions. This assay may be useful to predict if patients are at low, intermediate, or high risk for the development of subsequent CMV disease after prophylaxis.
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