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Acute hantavirus infection or renal transplant rejection
Author(s) -
Meier M.,
Helmchen U.,
Fricke L.,
Ulrich R.,
Schütt M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00193.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hantavirus infection , hantavirus , renal transplant , virology , intensive care medicine , immunology , transplantation , virus
Hantaviruses belong to the so‐called emerging pathogens that are transmitted to humans by infected rodents and their excreta. In Central Europe, hantavirus infections usually occur in a mild to moderate form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. In contrast to the mostly benign or even asymptomatic course of hantavirus infections in previously healthy individuals, the acute hantavirus infection in kidney transplant recipients represents an exceptional situation regarding diagnosis and therapy. We describe the case of a 44‐year‐old kidney transplant recipient with acute renal transplant failure associated with acute hantavirus infection.