Risk factors affecting the incidence of CMV infection in recipients after living donor liver transplantation
Cyclosporine-based immunosuppressants, younger recipient age, a higher MELD score, and pre-transplant positive CMV IgM status were found to be risk factors associated with post-transplant CMV infection. CMV infection appeared to be associated with graft rejection.
Authors
- M. Aly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2980-3408)
- Mostafa Attya Elfors (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9578-8133)
- Mai M. Helmy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6666-4147)
- Maha Hussein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5903-1811)
- Ahmed Mohamed Naguib (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8681-2857)
- Hosam S Elbaz
- Mohamed B. Ahmed
- Hossam Eldin Abdelaziz Mahmoud
Institutions
- Ain Shams University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-06-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-025-03911-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35