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BK virus encephalitis with thrombotic microangiopathy in an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient
Author(s) -
Lopes da Silva R.,
Ferreira I.,
Teixeira G.,
Cordeiro D.,
Mafra M.,
Costa I.,
Bravo Marques J.M.,
Abecasis M.
Publication year - 2011
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.1399-3062.2010.00581.x
Subject(s) - thrombotic microangiopathy , medicine , bk virus , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , viral encephalitis , microangiopathy , stem cell , hematopoietic stem cell , hemorrhagic cystitis , immunology , bone marrow transplant , transplantation , renal transplant , encephalitis , virology , virus , pathology , haematopoiesis , bone marrow , kidney transplantation , bone marrow transplantation , disease , biology , genetics , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
R. Lopes da Silva, I. Ferreira, G. Teixeira, D. Cordeiro, M. Mafra, I. Costa, J.M. Bravo Marques, M. Abecasis. BK virus encephalitis with thrombotic microangiopathy in an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient.
Transpl Infect Dis 2011: 13: 161–167. All rights reserved Abstract: BK virus (BKV) infection occurs most often in immunocompromised hosts, in the setting of renal or bone marrow transplantation. Hemorrhagic cystitis is the commonest manifestation but in recent years infections in other organ systems have been reported. We report an unusual case of biopsy‐proven BKV encephalitis in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient who subsequently developed thrombotic microangiopathy. As far as we know, this is the first report of such an association in a transplant patient.