title: Reduced risk of persisting cytomegalovirus pp65 antigenemia and cytomegalovirus interstitial pneumonia following allogeneic PBSCT.
abstract: In order to evaluate the risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) associated disease after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT), 158 consecutive patients at risk for infection were analyzed. BMT was performed in 101 patients and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) in 57 patients. CMV antigenemia was found in 57 cases (56%) after BMT and 27 cases (47%) after PBSCT, respectively. CMV antigenemia resistant to a 14-day course of GCV was found in 26 patients (26%) after BMT but in only four patients (7%) after PBSCT (P < 0.01). Eighteen patients (11%) developed CMV disease, 14 post BMT and four post PBSCT. Lethal CMV-related interstitial pneumonia (CMV-IP) occurred in 13 cases of whom 12 patients were bone marrow recipients (P = 0.04). The subgroup of seronegative patients with a CMV seropositive donor had a significantly lower risk of developing CMV antigenemia, GCV-resistant CMV antigenemia (P < 0.01) and CMV-related disease (P = 0.01). In conclusion, the incidence of persistent CMV antigenemia and CMV-IP was significantly reduced when allogeneic transplantation was performed with peripheral blood stem cells instead of bone marrow. These findings suggest that our previous in vitro data on improved immune reconstitution after allogeneic PBSCT as compared to allogeneic BMT have clinical relevance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Internal Medicine (Tumor Research), Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trenschel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hüsing
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ottinger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elmaagacli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roggendorf
authors.forename: U W
authors.initials: UW
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Runde
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000209:etiology / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D014766:Viremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; C065418:cytomegalovirus matrix protein 65kDa