EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS, CYTOMEGALOVIRUS, AND OTHER VIRAL-INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN AFTER LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION
EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS, CYTOMEGALOVIRUS, AND OTHER VIRAL-INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN AFTER LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/156.2.273
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发表时间:
1987-08-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
HO, M
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作者:
BREINIG, MK;ZITELLI, B;HO, M
We studied 51 consecutive pediatric patients for the frequency and morbidity of viral infections after liver transplantation. The incidence of primary (67%) and reactivation (48%) Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections and reactivation (88%) cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection was comparable to that seen in adult transplant recipients. However, fewer pediatric than adult transplant recipients experienced primary CMV infection (P < .01). Five (38%) of 13 CMV infections were symptomatic and included hepatitis, pneumonitis, enteritis, and mononucleosis. Two of 14 patients with primary EBV infection subsequently developed, at two months and two years after initial infection, an EBV-associated lymphoproliferative syndrome, and one of 10 patients with reactivated EBV infection developed a possibly EBV-associated febrile encephalopathy. Other viruses causing infection in these children included herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster virus, adenovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, and rotavirus.