Episode 34: Immune Biomarkers for CMV Infection

Original Air Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Moderators Camille N. Kotton, United States Stefan G. Tullius, United States

Speaker Bradley J. Gardiner, Australia

📑 Overview Presentation of recently published manuscript in Transplantation Gardiner, B. J., et al. (2025). Global Immune Biomarkers and Donor Serostatus Can Predict Cytomegalovirus Infection Within Seropositive Lung Transplant Recipients. Transplantation.

🎯 Learning Objectives -- Discuss the role of immune biomarkers in the prediction of CMV and other infections in lung transplant recipients -- Explore the advantages and disadvantages of the absolute lymphocyte count as a predictor -- Review the data from a recently published study by Gardiner et al. exploring ALC and mitogen values as predictors of CMV in R+ lung transplant recipients -- Highlight recent TTS CMV guidelines on this topic

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