title: Effect of donor-recipient cytomegalovirus serologic status on outcomes in simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant recipients.
abstract: Diabetic patients undergoing simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKPT) may be at high risk for developing cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. To study this issue, we analyzed 297 SKPT patients enrolled into a multicenter trial of two daclizumab dosing strategies versus no antibody induction in combination with tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, and steroids. Complete donor (D) and recipient (R) CMV serology values were available in 294 cases and were distributed as follows: 86 (29%) D+/R-. Eighty-six (29%) D+R+; 45 (16%) D-/R+; 77 (26%) D-/R-; CMV antiviral prophylaxis was center specific, but 98% of patients received either ganciclovir or acyclovir. No differences existed in demographic or transplant characteristics or immunosuppressive regimens among the four groups except that more African-American SKPT recipients were CMV positive at transplant (P <.001). At 6 months, no differences were seen in patient and graft survival rates (GSR) and the incidence of acute rejection (AR) among the groups. However, the CMV D+/R- group had a significantly higher incidence of CMV infection/disease (14%) than the other groups collectively (4%, P <.05). Most cases of CMV infection/disease occurred greater than 3 months posttransplant when prophylaxis was discontinued. In the D-/R- group, the pancreas GSR was higher (94% vs 86% in the remaining three groups) and the incidence of AR was lower (16% vs 25% in the remaining three groups, both P =.09). Primary CMV exposure remains a major risk factor for CMV infection/disease, but does not have an adverse impact on short-term outcomes. Conversely, protective CMV seronegative matching may have a beneficial effect on outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1095, USA. rstratta@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stratta
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Alloway
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Hodge
mesh_terms: D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000453:epidemiology; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology*; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000821:virology; D044469:Racial Groups; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014019:Tissue Donors; D016896:Treatment Outcome