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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) — retinitis and transplant prophylaxis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) — retinitis and transplant prophylaxis · ICD-10: B25.9
Symptoms
- • Often no symptoms or cold/flu-like
- • Fever, fatigue and malaise
- • Enlarged neck lymph nodes
- • Sore throat, muscle aches, rash
- • In immunosuppression: lung, gut or retinal involvement (vision loss)
Drugs and regimens
Foscarnet⚠ Unverified
CMV retinitis — induction 90 mg/kg every 12 h or 60 mg/kg every 8 h (2–3 weeks); maintenance 90–120 mg/kg/day
Ganciclovir⚠ Unverified
CMV retinitis or transplant prevention — induction 5 mg/kg every 12 h
Ganciclovir⚠ Unverified
Maintenance — 5 mg/kg once daily (7 days a week) or 6 mg/kg (5 days a week)
Valganciclovir⚠ Unverified
CMV retinitis — induction 900 mg twice daily for 21 days
Valganciclovir⚠ Unverified
Retinitis maintenance or transplant prevention — 900 mg once daily