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Cytomegalovirus infection

MedGen UID:
8239
•Concept ID:
C0010823
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: CMV infection
SNOMED CT: CMV - Cytomegalovirus infection (28944009); Disease due to Cytomegalovirus (28944009); Cytomegalovirus disease (28944009); Cytomegalovirus infection (28944009); Cytomegalic inclusion disease (28944009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005132

Definition

A herpesvirus infection caused by Cytomegalovirus. Healthy individuals generally do not produce symptoms. However, the infection may be life-threatening in affected immunocompromised patients. The virus may cause retinitis, esophagitis, gastritis, and colitis. Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of intranuclear inclusion bodies. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnancy: Prevention, Presentation, Management and Neonatal Outcomes.
Pesch MH, Saunders NA, Abdelnabi S
J Midwifery Womens Health 2021 May;66(3):397-402. Epub 2021 May 24 doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13228. PMID: 34031974
Guidelines for the management of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with haematological malignancies and after stem cell transplantation from the 2017 European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL 7).
Ljungman P, de la Camara R, Robin C, Crocchiolo R, Einsele H, Hill JA, Hubacek P, Navarro D, Cordonnier C, Ward KN; 2017 European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia group
Lancet Infect Dis 2019 Aug;19(8):e260-e272. Epub 2019 May 29 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30107-0. PMID: 31153807
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy and the neonate: consensus recommendations for prevention, diagnosis, and therapy.
Rawlinson WD, Boppana SB, Fowler KB, Kimberlin DW, Lazzarotto T, Alain S, Daly K, Doutré S, Gibson L, Giles ML, Greenlee J, Hamilton ST, Harrison GJ, Hui L, Jones CA, Palasanthiran P, Schleiss MR, Shand AW, van Zuylen WJ
Lancet Infect Dis 2017 Jun;17(6):e177-e188. Epub 2017 Mar 11 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30143-3. PMID: 28291720

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Efficacy and safety of extended duration letermovir prophylaxis in recipients of haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation at risk of cytomegalovirus infection: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.
Russo D, Schmitt M, Pilorge S, Stelljes M, Kawakita T, Teal VL, Haber B, Bopp C, Dadwal SS, Badshah C
Lancet Haematol 2024 Feb;11(2):e127-e135. Epub 2023 Dec 21 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00344-7. PMID: 38142695
The effect of valacyclovir on secondary prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus infection, following primary maternal infection acquired periconceptionally or in the first trimester of pregnancy. An individual patient data meta-analysis.
Chatzakis C, Shahar-Nissan K, Faure-Bardon V, Picone O, Hadar E, Amir J, Egloff C, Vivanti A, Sotiriadis A, Leruez-Ville M, Ville Y
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2024 Feb;230(2):109-117.e2. Epub 2023 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.07.022. PMID: 37473793
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection diagnostics and management.
Pinninti S, Boppana S
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2022 Oct 1;35(5):436-441. Epub 2022 Aug 19 doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000874. PMID: 35984001Free PMC Article
Valaciclovir to prevent vertical transmission of cytomegalovirus after maternal primary infection during pregnancy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Shahar-Nissan K, Pardo J, Peled O, Krause I, Bilavsky E, Wiznitzer A, Hadar E, Amir J
Lancet 2020 Sep 12;396(10253):779-785. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31868-7. PMID: 32919517
Outcome and management of newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
Nicloux M, Peterman L, Parodi M, Magny JF
Arch Pediatr 2020 Apr;27(3):160-165. Epub 2020 Feb 29 doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2020.01.006. PMID: 32127242

Diagnosis

Congenital Cytomegalovirus and Hearing Loss.
Andronaco DW
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2020 May;49(3):293-304. Epub 2020 Apr 4 doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2020.02.005. PMID: 32259513
Outcome and management of newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
Nicloux M, Peterman L, Parodi M, Magny JF
Arch Pediatr 2020 Apr;27(3):160-165. Epub 2020 Feb 29 doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2020.01.006. PMID: 32127242
Preventing Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection.
Coleman JL, Steele RW
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2017 Oct;56(12):1085-1094. Epub 2017 Aug 21 doi: 10.1177/0009922817724400. PMID: 28825308
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
Bale JF Jr
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;123:319-26. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00015-8. PMID: 25015493
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
Daniel Y, Gull I, Peyser MR, Lessing JB
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1995 Nov;63(1):7-16. doi: 10.1016/0301-2115(95)02198-g. PMID: 8674570

Therapy

Efficacy and safety of extended duration letermovir prophylaxis in recipients of haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation at risk of cytomegalovirus infection: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.
Russo D, Schmitt M, Pilorge S, Stelljes M, Kawakita T, Teal VL, Haber B, Bopp C, Dadwal SS, Badshah C
Lancet Haematol 2024 Feb;11(2):e127-e135. Epub 2023 Dec 21 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00344-7. PMID: 38142695
Treatment for First Cytomegalovirus Infection Post-Hematopoietic Cell Transplant in the AURORA Trial: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Phase 3 Trial Comparing Maribavir With Valganciclovir.
Papanicolaou GA, Avery RK, Cordonnier C, Duarte RF, Haider S, Maertens J, Peggs KS, Solano C, Young JH, Fournier M, Murray RA, Wu J, Winston DJ; AURORA Trial Investigators
Clin Infect Dis 2024 Mar 20;78(3):562-572. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad709. PMID: 38036487Free PMC Article
Immune Prophylaxis and Therapy for Human Cytomegalovirus Infection.
Struble EB, Murata H, Komatsu T, Scott D
Int J Mol Sci 2021 Aug 13;22(16) doi: 10.3390/ijms22168728. PMID: 34445434Free PMC Article
Progress and Challenges in the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Transplantation.
Limaye AP, Babu TM, Boeckh M
Clin Microbiol Rev 2020 Dec 16;34(1) Epub 2020 Oct 28 doi: 10.1128/CMR.00043-19. PMID: 33115722Free PMC Article
Valaciclovir to prevent vertical transmission of cytomegalovirus after maternal primary infection during pregnancy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Shahar-Nissan K, Pardo J, Peled O, Krause I, Bilavsky E, Wiznitzer A, Hadar E, Amir J
Lancet 2020 Sep 12;396(10253):779-785. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31868-7. PMID: 32919517

Prognosis

A Trial of Hyperimmune Globulin to Prevent Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection.
Hughes BL, Clifton RG, Rouse DJ, Saade GR, Dinsmoor MJ, Reddy UM, Pass R, Allard D, Mallett G, Fette LM, Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Varner MW, Goodnight WH, Tita ATN, Costantine MM, Swamy GK, Gibbs RS, Chien EK, Chauhan SP, El-Sayed YY, Casey BM, Parry S, Simhan HN, Napolitano PG, Macones GA; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal–Fetal Medicine Units Network
N Engl J Med 2021 Jul 29;385(5):436-444. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1913569. PMID: 34320288Free PMC Article
Posttransplant cyclophosphamide is associated with increased cytomegalovirus infection: a CIBMTR analysis.
Goldsmith SR, Abid MB, Auletta JJ, Bashey A, Beitinjaneh A, Castillo P, Chemaly RF, Chen M, Ciurea S, Dandoy CE, Díaz MÁ, Fuchs E, Ganguly S, Kanakry CG, Kanakry JA, Kim S, Komanduri KV, Krem MM, Lazarus HM, Liu H, Ljungman P, Masiarz R, Mulroney C, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Page KM, Perales MA, Taplitz R, Romee R, Riches M
Blood 2021 Jun 10;137(23):3291-3305. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020009362. PMID: 33657221Free PMC Article
Congenital Cytomegalovirus infection: advances and challenges in diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
Marsico C, Kimberlin DW
Ital J Pediatr 2017 Apr 17;43(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s13052-017-0358-8. PMID: 28416012Free PMC Article
Cytomegalovirus infection.
Pass RF
Pediatr Rev 2002 May;23(5):163-70. doi: 10.1542/pir.23-5-163. PMID: 11986492
Longitudinal follow-up studies.
Peckham C, Newell ML
Acta Paediatr Suppl 1994 Aug;400:78-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb13341.x. PMID: 7833568

Clinical prediction guides

Letermovir treatment of cytomegalovirus infection or disease in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients.
Linder KA, Kovacs C, Mullane KM, Wolfe C, Clark NM, La Hoz RM, Smith J, Kotton CN, Limaye AP, Malinis M, Hakki M, Mishkin A, Gonzalez AA, Prono MD, Ostrander D, Avery R, Kaul DR
Transpl Infect Dis 2021 Aug;23(4):e13687. Epub 2021 Jul 20 doi: 10.1111/tid.13687. PMID: 34251742
Cytomegalovirus infection: friend or foe in rheumatoid arthritis?
Davignon JL, Combe B, Cantagrel A
Arthritis Res Ther 2021 Jan 7;23(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s13075-020-02398-3. PMID: 33413603Free PMC Article
Outcome and management of newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
Nicloux M, Peterman L, Parodi M, Magny JF
Arch Pediatr 2020 Apr;27(3):160-165. Epub 2020 Feb 29 doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2020.01.006. PMID: 32127242
Cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy: state of the science.
Leruez-Ville M, Foulon I, Pass R, Ville Y
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020 Sep;223(3):330-349. Epub 2020 Feb 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.02.018. PMID: 32105678
Cytomegalovirus infection in liver transplant recipients: updates on clinical management.
Marcelin JR, Beam E, Razonable RR
World J Gastroenterol 2014 Aug 21;20(31):10658-67. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i31.10658. PMID: 25152570Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnancy Prevention and Treatment Options: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Rybak-Krzyszkowska M, Górecka J, Huras H, Massalska-Wolska M, Staśkiewicz M, Gach A, Kondracka A, Staniczek J, Górczewski W, Borowski D, Jaczyńska R, Grzesiak M, Krzeszowski W
Viruses 2023 Oct 24;15(11) doi: 10.3390/v15112142. PMID: 38005820Free PMC Article
Effectiveness and safety of prenatal valacyclovir for congenital cytomegalovirus infection: systematic review and meta-analysis.
D'Antonio F, Marinceu D, Prasad S, Khalil A
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2023 Apr;61(4):436-444. doi: 10.1002/uog.26136. PMID: 36484439
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection and Ophthalmological Disorders: A Systematic Review.
Gabrani C, Mitsikas D, Giannakou K, Lamnisos D
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2023 Mar-Apr;60(2):86-94. Epub 2022 May 25 doi: 10.3928/01913913-20220426-01. PMID: 35611826
Human cytomegalovirus infection and coronary heart disease: a systematic review.
Du Y, Zhang G, Liu Z
Virol J 2018 Feb 6;15(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12985-018-0937-3. PMID: 29409508Free PMC Article
Severe cytomegalovirus infection in apparently immunocompetent patients: a systematic review.
Rafailidis PI, Mourtzoukou EG, Varbobitis IC, Falagas ME
Virol J 2008 Mar 27;5:47. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-5-47. PMID: 18371229Free PMC Article

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