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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Transplant. 1991 Aug;5(4):294–300.

Table 2.

Comparison of viral infections in adults and children following liver transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh

Adults (13) Children
Viral infection 53% (54/101) 58% (38/65)
Severe infection* 24% (24/101) 42% (27/65)
Case-fatality rate 37% (9/24) 37% (10/27)
Viral infection
 OKT3 therapy 76% (+) 73% (16/22)
 no OKT3 46% (+) 51 % (22/43)
 significance p<0.05 p=0.08
Severe infection
 OKT3 therapy 27% (+) 59% (13/22)
 no OKT3 23% (+) 33% (14/43)
 significance p=NS p=0.04
*

“severe infection” in ref. 13 is defined similar to “invasive disease” herein.

+

not reported.