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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
The efficacy of i.v. immunoglobulin plus CMV-seronegative blood products or CMV-seronegative blood products alone for prevention of CMV infection, symptomatic CMV disease, other infections and GVHD after BMT was evaluated in a randomized, controlled trial. Fifty-one CMV-seronegative allogeneic BMTs with a CMV-seronegative or CMV-seropositive marrow donor were randomly assigned to receive either i.v. immunoglobulin (1.0 g/kg once weekly for 120 days after transplant) plus CMV-seronegative blood products or CMV-seronegative blood products alone. CMV infection occurred in 2 of 25 patients (7%) receiving i.v. immunoglobulin plus CMV-seronegative blood and in 2 of 23 patients (9%) receiving CMV-seronegative blood alone. All CMV infections were asymptomatic and characterized by viral excretion with or without CMV seroconversion. There were no cases of CMV-related interstitial pneumonia. Grade > or = II GVHD was less frequent in patients given i.v. immunoglobulin (5 of 25 patients (20%) vs. 11 of 23 patients (48%), p = 0.04). The number of bacterial and fungal infections was similar in both groups. Fewer non-CMV viral infections (9 of 27 patients (33%) vs. 15 of 24 patients (63%), p = 0.03) and fewer deaths associated with infection (1 of 27 patients (4%) vs. 5 of 24 patients (21%), p = 0.07) occurred in recipients of immunoglobulin. Neither survival nor risk of leukemia relapse was changed by the immunoglobulin. The high doses of i.v. immunoglobulin were well tolerated. These results suggest that CMV-seronegative blood products alone prevent most CMV infections and CMV disease in CMV-seronegative allogeneic BMT recipients, even when the marrow donor is CMV-seropositive.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0268-3369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Bacterial Infections, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Blood Transfusion, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Cytomegalovirus Infections, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Lung Diseases, Interstitial, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Mycoses, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:8241988-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Intravenous immunoglobulin and CMV-seronegative blood products for prevention of CMV infection and disease in bone marrow transplant recipients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't