Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Valganciclovir
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Treatment of CMV retinitis (AIDS).
- Prevention of CMV disease: renal, cardiac and kidney-pancreas transplant patients at high risk for CMV disease (e.g., donor positive, recipient negative).
- Not indicated in liver transplant patients.
- Prevention of CMV disease in renal and cardiac transplant patients at high risk, pediatric.
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Prevention of disseminated CMV disease of the contralateral eye in patients treated with intraocular ganciclovir implant (no longer manufactured).
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Last updated: July 16, 2023
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Dzintars, Kathryn, and Paul G Auwaerter. "Valganciclovir." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2023. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540577/0.0/Valganciclovir.
Dzintars K, Auwaerter PG. Valganciclovir. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540577/0.0/Valganciclovir. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Dzintars, K., & Auwaerter, P. G. (2023). Valganciclovir. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540577/0.0/Valganciclovir
Dzintars K, Auwaerter PG. Valganciclovir [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540577/0.0/Valganciclovir.
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