Cytomegalovirus infection incidence and risk factors across diverse hematopoietic cell transplantation platforms using a standardized monitoring and treatment approach: a comprehensive evaluation from a single institution

Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a potentially curative therapy for a variety of benign and malignant hematologic and immunologic conditions. Despite diagnostic and therapeutic advances in the management of post-HCT opportunistic infections, human cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains associated with significant morbidity, organ toxicity, and transplant-related mortality.1-3 Uncontrolled CMV infection can lead to pneumonitis or enterocolitis, and more rarely hepatitis, retinitis, and encephalitis. (Source: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation)

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