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Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Transplant Recipients: Sumary of a Workshop on Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment

2002; Pulsus Group; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1155/2002/634318

1180-2332

Upton Allen, Caroline Alfieri, Jutta K. Preiksaitis, Atul Humar, Dorothy Moore, Bruce Tapiéro, Raymond Tellier, Michael Green, D. A. R. Davies, Diane Hébert, Sheila Weitzman, Martin Petric, Kevan Jacobson,

Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Diseases caused by the Epstein-Barr virus are of great significance among organ transplant recipients. One of these diseases, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease, is a major complication among organ transplant recipients. Management of this entity is problematic due to the difficulties with laboratory surveillance, diagnosis, prevention and treatment. A group of Canadian and American experts was assembled to discuss these aspects of Epstein-Barr virus diseases in Canadian organ transplant recipients. This report summarizes the relevant background literature and levels of evidence in relation to the outcomes of the deliberations and recommendations by the expert panel.