[Cytomegalovirus infection and disease in pediatric solid organ transplantation. Experience in a Chilean multiorganic transplantation center].

Unlabelled: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease in transplant (Tx) recipients may severely complicate the patients outcome.

Aim: To determine the incidence, clinical characteristics and risk factors for CMV infection and disease in liver and kidney transplant recipients in a tertiary care children's hospital.

Method: A clinical and laboratory evaluation was prospectively performed in 44 and 20 children receiving a renal and liver Tx respectively in the Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna between 2004 and 2006.