INVASIVE CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT URETER AFTERCOMBINED PANCREAS-KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF RENAL-ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION

Authors
LOWELL JA STRATTA RJ MORTON JJ KOLBECK PC TAYLOR RJ
Citation
Ja. Lowell et al., INVASIVE CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT URETER AFTERCOMBINED PANCREAS-KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF RENAL-ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION, The Journal of urology, 152(5), 1994, pp. 1546-1548
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
The Journal of urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225347
Volume
152
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
1546 - 1548
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5347(1994)152:5<1546:ICIARU>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Cytomegalovirus is an important cause of morbidity after solid organ t ransplantation. We report a case of cytomegalovirus infection involvin g the transplanted ureter that developed after combined pancreas-kidne y transplantation. The patient presented with acute renal allograft dy sfunction caused by ureteral stricture.