<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Prevalence of human herpesviruses in biliary fluid and their association with biliary complications after liver transplantation"^^ . "Background: Beta-herpesviruses are common opportunistic pathogens that cause morbidity after liver transplantation (LT).\r\n\r\nMethods: Objective of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and correlation of herpesviruses in bile, blood and liver tissue and to investigate their association with biliary complications and retransplantation (re-LT) free survival after LT. The study design is a single-center case-control study. We performed quantative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for herpesvirus 1–8 DNA in bile, blood and liver tissue of 73 patients after first LT and analyzed their clinical courses retrospectively.\r\n\r\nResults: The median follow-up was 48 months (range 2–102), during which a total of 16 patients underwent re-LT and 11 patients died. Of the patients, 46.5% received valganciclovir prophylaxis at the time of bile sample acquisition. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (18.3%), human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) (34.2%), human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) (20.5%) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (16.4%) were highly prevalent in bile after LT, while herpes simpex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1, HSV-2), varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) were not or rarely detected in bile. Valganciclovir prophylaxis did not reduce the prevalence of HHV-6 and HHV-7 in bile, but it did reduce the presence of CMV and EBV. The presence of HHV-6 in bile was associated with non-anastomotic biliary strictures (NAS) and acute cellular rejection (ACR).\r\n\r\nConclusions: CMV, EBV, HHV-6 and HHV-7 are more prevalent in biliary fluid than in liver biopsy or blood serum after LT. HHV-6 and HHV-7 might be associated with biliary complications after LT. Biliary fluids might be an attractive target for routine herpesvirus detection."^^ . "2019" . . "19" . "110" . . "BioMed Central"^^ . . . "BMC Gastroenterology"^^ . . . "1471230X" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Taotao"^^ . "Zhou"^^ . "Taotao Zhou"^^ . . "Peter"^^ . "Sauer"^^ . "Peter Sauer"^^ . . "Paul"^^ . "Schnitzler"^^ . "Paul Schnitzler"^^ . . "Daniel Nils"^^ . "Gotthardt"^^ . "Daniel Nils Gotthardt"^^ . . "Peter"^^ . "Schemmer"^^ . "Peter Schemmer"^^ . . "Conrad"^^ . "Rauber"^^ . "Conrad Rauber"^^ . . "Karl Heinz"^^ . "Weiss"^^ . "Karl Heinz Weiss"^^ . . "Christian"^^ . "Rupp"^^ . "Christian Rupp"^^ . . "Katja"^^ . "Bartelheimer"^^ . "Katja Bartelheimer"^^ . . . . . . "Prevalence of human herpesviruses in biliary fluid and their association with biliary complications after liver transplantation (PDF)"^^ . . . "12876_2019_Article_1033.pdf"^^ . . . "Prevalence of human herpesviruses in biliary fluid and their association with biliary complications after liver transplantation (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #26706 \n\nPrevalence of human herpesviruses in biliary fluid and their association with biliary complications after liver transplantation\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "610 Medizin"@de . "610 Medical sciences Medicine"@en . .