| pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in heart transplant recipients. | seven cases of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (pcp) (two in 1988, three in 1989, one in 1990 and one in 1991) have been observed in a group of 241 heart transplant recipients transplanted in pavia, italy, from november 1985 through december 1991. median time to onset of symptoms was 100 days after transplantation (range 59-333 days). diagnosis was achieved in all patients by cytological examination of bronchoalveolar lavage (bal) fluid and/or transbronchial biopsy. clinical and roentgenographic ... | 1993 | 8491524 |
| evaluation of cytomegalovirus dnaaemia versus pp65-antigenaemia cutoff for guiding preemptive therapy in transplant recipients: a randomized study. | a bicentre, randomized, prospective open-label study aimed at defining a dnaaemia versus antigenaemia cutoff for guiding preemptive therapy of human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) infections in solid organ transplant recipients (sotr) was completed. overall, 99 patients were enrolled in the dnaaemia arm and 101 patients in the antigenaemia arm. patients were randomized to be monitored for hcmv infection in the blood by either assay. antiviral treatment was started in both seropositive and seronegative p ... | 2007 | 17503749 |