Low Absolute Lymphocyte Count Associated With Anti‐Thymocyte Globulin Induction May Be a Predictor of Early Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pediatric Heart Transplantation
In pediatric heart transplant recipients, there is a higher incidence of CMV if ALC ≤ 0.3 × 10<sup>9</sup> cells/L during induction, regardless of serostatus. Low ALC levels during induction may identify a high-risk group that could benefit from an altered CMV prophylactic regimen.
Authors
- E Frandsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6607-916X)
- Shiliang Tan
- Micheal A. Kuhn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1534-5477)
- Natalie Shwaish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7559-1296)
- Richard Chinnock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-1762)
- Huyentran Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-0134)
- Agnes L. F. Chan
- Robert S. Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2286-4444)
Institutions
- Loma Linda University Children's Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Transplantation
- Published
- 2025-07-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.70136
- Primary Topic
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00