Open AccessIs cytomegalovirus a cause of ureteral stricture in renal transplant recipients?
Author(s) -
Ducloux D.,
BressonVautrin C.,
Chalopin J. M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
transplant international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1432-2277
pISSN - 0934-0874
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1997.tb00693.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cytomegalovirus , cytomegalovirus infections , urinary system , renal transplant , cytomegalovirus infection , disease , betaherpesvirinae , immunology , human cytomegalovirus , surgery , transplantation , herpesviridae , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus
. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is regarded as a predominant infectious agent in solid organ transplants. CMV disease has highly protean clinical manifestations. Nevertheless, urinary tract involvement seems to be very rare during CMV infection. We report two cases of renal transplant recipients in whom ureteral stricture developed in the course of CMV disease. Histologic data were available for them and were consistent with CMV infection. We discuss previous case reports and propose physiopathologic mechanisms.