Epidemiology of cytomegalovirus antiviral resistance testing for solid organ and bone marrow transplant patients from 2011 - 2019

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BACKGROUND: CMV reactivation post-transplantation is common, with need for prompt identification of patients most at-risk for CMV antiviral drug resistance (AVDR).

OBJECTIVES: This study describes CMV AVDR frequencies, antiviral prescribing practices, and AVDR risk factors in patients from 2011 to 2019 in British Columbia, Canada.

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review of demographics, transplant type, viral loads, antiviral exposure duration, and 12-month mortality was conducted for all patients with samples submitted for CMV AVDR testing from 2011 to 2019. Genotyping of AVDR mutations occurred at the national reference laboratory. Mann-Whitney U, T-test or Fisher's exact tests examined differences between patients with and without AVDR.

RESULTS: Fifty-three plasma and three tissue/fluid specimens successfully underwent CMV AVDR testing; of these samples, 27/56 (48%) had AVDR mutations detected. The commonest AVDR mutations were at UL97 loci A594 (20%), H596 (12%) and L595 (12%). Mutations occurred more frequently in requests from solid organ than hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients (58% vs. 27%, p = 0.05). Previous resistance testing was a significant risk factor for AVDR (p < 0.001). Patients with AVDR had approximately 51 more days of antiviral therapy (p = 0.007) and took 9 days longer to clear viremia (p = 0.23). The median turnaround time from sample send-out to reporting was nine days. However, empiric use of second-line antivirals occurred in most cases (39/53, 74%) before results were available.

DISCUSSION: Laboratories should strive to provide timely CMV AVDR testing for transplant patients, to minimize unnecessary exposure to second-line antiviral agents. The findings of this study may help guide clinicians when selecting empiric antiviral therapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:166

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 166(2023) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 105549

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Lynne [VerfasserIn]
Lowe, Christopher F [VerfasserIn]
McLachlan, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Romney, Marc G [VerfasserIn]
Wright, Alissa [VerfasserIn]
Matic, Nancy [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Antiviral resistance
CMV
Journal Article
Transplantation
Turnaround time

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Date Completed 16.08.2023

Date Revised 16.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105549

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359791395