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Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in ANCA-associated vasculitis is associated with significant morbidity. Studies should be performed to identify the epidemiology and risk factors for CMV disease in AAV so that vulnerable patients may be risk-stratified for consideration of preventive strategies such as surveillance and pre-emptive therapy or anti-viral prophylaxis. Given the absence of evidence-based guidelines for prevention of CMV disease in patients with AAV receiving potent immunosuppressive therapy, further risk-benefit studies are required to ascertain if preventive strategies will reduce CMV-related morbidity and mortality in individuals with AAV.
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Jason Choo has served on Advisory Boards for Novartis and Pfizer with donation of honorarium to Singapore General Hospital to support research and education.
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Lim, C.C., Mok, I.Y.J. & Choo, J.C.J. Letter to the Editor: Time for cost-effectiveness studies for preventive strategies applied according to risk of cytomegalovirus-related morbidity and mortality in ANCA-associated vasculitis. Clin Rheumatol 37, 2011–2012 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4101-7
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