Combination Treatment With Letermovir and Ganciclovir for Maintenance Therapy of Multidrug-resistant CMV Infection in a Liver Transplant Recipient
Ilona Kronig, Laure Elkrief, Thierry Berney, Christian van Delden, Dionysios Neofytos
Abstract
We report the case of a liver transplant recipient, cytomegalovirus (CMV) donor-positive (D+), recipient-negative (R−), with primary multidrug-resistant CMV infection treated with a combination therapy of letermovir and (val)ganciclovir.
Topics & Concepts
FoscarnetGanciclovirMedicineValganciclovirInternal medicineCytomegalovirusDiscontinuationGastroenterologyImmunologyHuman cytomegalovirusHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)HerpesviridaeViral diseaseVirusCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus researchHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsPolyomavirus and related diseases