Management and Outcomes after Multiple Corneal and Solid Organ Transplantations from a Donor Infected with Rabies Virus
Author(s) -
Tanja Maier,
Andreas Schwarting,
D. Mauer,
R. Stefan Roß,
Andreas Martens,
Volker Kliem,
Jonathan L. Wahl,
Marcus Panning,
Sigrid Baumgarte,
Thomas Müller,
Susanne Pfefferle,
H. Ebel,
Jan Schmidt,
Klara TennerRacz,
Paul Rácz,
M. Schmid,
M. Strüber,
B. Wolters,
Daniel Gotthardt,
F. Bitz,
L. Frisch,
Norbert Pfeiffer,
Helmut Fickenscher,
Peter Sauer,
Charles E. Rupprecht,
Michael Roggendorf,
Axel Haverich,
Peter R. Galle,
Joachim Hoyer,
Christian Drosten
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/651267
Subject(s) - medicine , rabies virus , transplantation , rabies , ribavirin , virus , vaccination , surgery , immunology , gastroenterology , pathology , hepatitis c virus
This article describes multiple transmissions of rabies via transplanted solid organ from a single infected donor. The empirical Milwaukee treatment regimen was used in the recipients.
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