Postlung Transplant Survival is Equivalent Regardless of Cytomegalovirus Match Status

In the current era, survival after lung transplantation is statistically equivalent regardless of CMV match status. Although in previous eras survival was worse among the D±⊻R+ and D+⊻R− groups, in this era of aggressive CMV prophylaxis, CMV mismatch should not be sufficient grounds to decline a lung allograft offer.