Background. Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplants. Epstein Barr virus (EBV) plays a major role in PTLD development. Guidelines recommend EBV viral load (VL) monitoring in high-risk populations in the first year. Methods. Retrospective observational study in all adult patients who had at least 1 EBV-VL performed in the postkidney transplant (KT) period from January 2005 to December 2014 at the Policlinico Modena Hospital. We compared patients with negative EBV-DNA to patients with positive EBV-DNA and we described PTLD developed in the study period. Results.One hundred ninety (36.3%) KT patients of 523 were screened for EBV-DNA with 796 samples. One hundred twenty-eight (67.4%) of 190 tested patients presented at least 1 positive sample for EBV. Older age, the use of sirolimus, everolimus, and steroids were associated with EBV-DNA positivity in the univariate analysis. Nine (1.7%) of 523 patients had PTLD. Incidence rate of PTLD in the KT cohort was 0.19/100 person year follow-up (95% confidence interval, 0.09-0.37). One of 9 patients developed early PTLD and was a high-risk patient. Only this PTLD case was positive for EBV. No PTLD case had an EBV-VL superior to 4000 copies/mL. Conclusions. Our results suggest that the keystone of PTLD diagnosis is the clinical suspicion. Our study suggests that, in line with guidelines, EBV-VL assays may be avoided in low-risk patients in the absence of a strong clinical PTLD suspicion without increasing patients' risk of developing PTLD. This represents a safe and cost-saving clinical strategy for our center
Clinical Utility of Epstein-Barr Virus Viral Load Monitoring and Risk Factors for Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders After Kidney Transplantation / Franceschini, Erica; Plessi, Jessica; Zona, Stefano; Santoro, Antonella; Digaetano, Margherita; Fontana, Francesco; Alfano, Gaetano; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Comoli, Patrizia; Facchini, Francesca; Potenza, Leonardo; Gennari, William; Codeluppi, Mauro; Luppi, Mario; Cappelli, Gianni; Gyssens, Inge C.; Mussini, Cristina. - In: TRANSPLANTATION DIRECT. - ISSN 2373-8731. - 3:7(2017), pp. e182-e189.
Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 |
Titolo: | Clinical Utility of Epstein-Barr Virus Viral Load Monitoring and Risk Factors for Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders After Kidney Transplantation |
Autore/i: | Franceschini, Erica; Plessi, Jessica; Zona, Stefano; Santoro, Antonella; Digaetano, Margherita; Fontana, Francesco; Alfano, Gaetano; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Comoli, Patrizia; Facchini, Francesca; Potenza, Leonardo; Gennari, William; Codeluppi, Mauro; Luppi, Mario; Cappelli, Gianni; Gyssens, Inge C.; Mussini, Cristina |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000703 |
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Volume: | 3 |
Fascicolo: | 7 |
Pagina iniziale: | e182 |
Pagina finale: | e189 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000405087400016 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-85076197058 |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 28706985 |
Citazione: | Clinical Utility of Epstein-Barr Virus Viral Load Monitoring and Risk Factors for Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders After Kidney Transplantation / Franceschini, Erica; Plessi, Jessica; Zona, Stefano; Santoro, Antonella; Digaetano, Margherita; Fontana, Francesco; Alfano, Gaetano; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Comoli, Patrizia; Facchini, Francesca; Potenza, Leonardo; Gennari, William; Codeluppi, Mauro; Luppi, Mario; Cappelli, Gianni; Gyssens, Inge C.; Mussini, Cristina. - In: TRANSPLANTATION DIRECT. - ISSN 2373-8731. - 3:7(2017), pp. e182-e189. |
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