Episode 7: Immune Biomarkers for CMV Infection

𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗡. 𝗞𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻 (𝗧𝗧𝗦 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼-𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗚. 𝗧𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 (𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿-𝗶𝗻-𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳, 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀) 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗝. 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮’𝘴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘺 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘴𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: “𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗖𝘆𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.” 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲: https://journals.lww.com/transplantjo... 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 1. Discuss the role of immune biomarkers in predicting CMV and other infections in lung transplant recipients. 2. Explore advantages and limitations of absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) as a predictor. 3. Review data from Gardiner et al. evaluating ALC and mitogen values as predictors of CMV in R+ lung transplant recipients. 4. Highlight recent TTS CMV guidelines relevant to this topic. — 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 & 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 • 𝗧𝗧𝗦: https://tts.org • 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀: https://transplantjournal.com This podcast is for educational purposes and is not a substitute for professional medical advice.