Popping, Stephanie, Dalm, Virgil A. S. H., Luebke, Nadine, di Cristanziano, Veronica, Kaiser, Rolf, Boucher, Charles A. B. and van Kampen, Jeroen J. A. (2019). Emergence and Persistence of Letermovir-Resistant Cytomegalovirus in a Patient With Primary Immunodeficiency. Open Forum Infect. Dis., 6 (9). CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. ISSN 2328-8957

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Abstract

Background. Letermovir is a novel cytomegalovirus antiviral that is approved for prophylaxis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients Methods. After obtaining informed consent, letermovir prophylaxis was started in a patient with a presumed late-onset primary, combined T- and B-cell immunodeficiency. Plasma CMV DNAemia was monitored with real-time polymerase chain reaction, and letermovir resistance analyses were performed using Sanger sequencing and Illumina MiSeq next-generation sequencing. Results. A letermovir-resistant cytomegalovirus variant (C325Y mutation in UL56) emerged 17 weeks after start of prophylaxis. The letermovir-resistant variant was able to reactivate without drug selective pressure as this variant was again detected in plasma 20.6 weeks after stopping of letermovir. Conclusions. This case indicates that the C325Y mutation in UL56 does not significantly alter fitness of cytomegalovirus in vivo.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Popping, StephanieUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dalm, Virgil A. S. H.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Luebke, NadineUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
di Cristanziano, VeronicaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kaiser, RolfUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Boucher, Charles A. B.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
van Kampen, Jeroen J. A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-142070
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz375
Journal or Publication Title: Open Forum Infect. Dis.
Volume: 6
Number: 9
Date: 2019
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Place of Publication: CARY
ISSN: 2328-8957
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
IN-VITRO; PROPHYLAXISMultiple languages
Immunology; Infectious Diseases; MicrobiologyMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14207

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