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Table 5 Valganciclovir and herpesvirus reactivation. Data is given as number (%)

From: Prevalence of human herpesviruses in biliary fluid and their association with biliary complications after liver transplantation

 

LT recipients (n = 71)

 
 

Valganciclovir prophylaxis (n = 34)

No Valganciclovir prophylaxis (n = 37)

p

EBV positive

3/34 (8.9%)

9/37 (24.3%)

0.07

CMV positive

3/33 (9.1%)

10/36 (27.8%)

0.04

HHV-6 positive

13/34 (38.2%)

10/37 (27%)

0.25

HHV-7 positive

6/34 (17.6%)

7/37 (18.9%)

0.9

  1. CMV cytomegalovirus, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, HHV human herpesvirus, HSV herpes simplex virus, LT liver transplantation, VZV varicella-zoster virus