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12962784

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Disseminated varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection is a rare complication after renal transplantation in adults. We report 4 cases diagnosed in our transplant patients. One of which was a primary infection (chicken pox) with multivisceral involvement (hepatitis, pneumonitis, myocarditis, and disseminated intravascular coagulation). The other 3 patients VZV-seropositive before transplantation suffered from disseminated zoster. No immunosuppressive drug was significantly associated with a higher risk of disseminated VZV infection. However, from our experience, we believe that mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), plays a part in the clinical presentation of the disease. Early treatment with high doses of acyclovir is fundamental in infection control. It is essential to perform a pretransplantation serological VZV study on all patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0041-1345
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1758-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Disseminated varicella infection in adult renal allograft recipients: role of mycophenolate mofetil.
pubmed:affiliation
Nephrology Department, Kidney Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain. rlauzu@ns.hugtip.scs.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article