Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
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Major improvements in the care of liver transplant recipients have mitigated but not eliminated the risk of potentially life-threatening infectious complications. This review provides general information about risk factors, prophylactic strategies, diagnostic workup, and therapy for some of the most commonly encountered infections after liver transplant.
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most common lower respiratory disease in infants and young children worldwide. Despite its long history, a safe and effective cure for RSV remains elusive. ⋯ For full-term born infants, susceptibility to RSV increases as maternal IgG titers decline to a nadir at 2 to 3 months of age. Because of the unique pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in this infection, it is likely that future treatment strategies will focus on modulating the host immune response to the virus, rather than virucidal or virustatic molecules.