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SUBMITTER: Piret J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6743826 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of infectious diseases 20190901 8
We report a case of cytomegalovirus encephalitis in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient. A previously uncharacterized V787E mutation in UL54 was identified in cerebrospinal fluid but not plasma specimens. For the V787E recombinant virus, the half maximal effective concentrations for ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir were 8.6-, 3.4- and 2.9-fold higher than for wild-type virus, and the replicative capacity was lower. The introduction of a bulkier and negatively charged glutamate re ...[more]