Fulminant hepatic failure caused by adenovirus infection following bone marrow transplantation for Hodgkin's disease

Authors
Somervaille, TCP Kirk, S Dogan, A Landon, GV Mackinnon, S
Citation
Tcp. Somervaille et al., Fulminant hepatic failure caused by adenovirus infection following bone marrow transplantation for Hodgkin's disease, BONE MAR TR, 24(1), 1999, pp. 99-101
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology,"Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
ISSN journal
02683369 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
99 - 101
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-3369(199907)24:1<99:FHFCBA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Adenoviruses are increasingly realised to be responsible for serious morbid ity and mortality following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. We desc ribe a case of fulminant hepatic failure due to adenovirus serotype 2 in a 39-year-old woman who received a matched sibling allogeneic bone marrow tra nsplant for multiply relapsed Hodgkin's disease. Isolated fulminant hepatic failure caused by this serotype of adenovirus has not previously been desc ribed.