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

Conrad RauberKatja BartelheimerTaotao ZhouChristian RuppPaul SchnitzlerPeter SchemmerPeter SauerKarl Heinz WeissDaniel Nils Gotthardt

Published in: BMC gastroenterology (2019)

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.

Keyphrases

risk factors
endothelial cells
epstein barr virus
clinical practice
ultrasound guided
real time pcr
loop mediated isothermal amplification