An interesting case of adenoviral hepatitis in a cardiac transplant recipient

• Published in: Transplant infectious disease Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 84 - 86
• Main Authors: Gupta, A., Philip, A., Ranga, K., Cappa, J., Dougherty, J., Lawlor, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.02.2010
• Subjects: adenoviral hepatitis; Adenoviridae - isolation & purification; Adenoviridae Infections - virology; cardiac transplant; Heart Transplantation - adverse effects; Hepatitis, Viral, Human - virology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged
• ISSN: 1398-2273; 1399-3062
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00471.x

A. Gupta, A. Philip, K. Ranga, J. Cappa, J. Dougherty, M. Lawlor. An interesting case of adenoviral hepatitis in a cardiac transplant recipient.
Transpl Infect Dis 2010: 12: 84–86. All rights reserved : Adenoviral infections are commonly described in pediatric transplant populations. However, much less information is available regarding the incidence of infection and clinical spectrum of disease in adult transplant recipients. Moreover, this infection usually manifests as involvement of the transplanted organ in one pathologic form or the other, in addition to other systemic manifestations. We present a case of adenoviral infection of a nontransplanted organ in a solid organ transplant recipient.