TY - JOUR
T1 - West Nile virus encephalitis in organ transplant recipients
T2 - Another high-risk group for meningoencephalitis and death?
AU - Desalvo, Debby
AU - Roy-Chaudhury, Prabir
AU - Peddi, Ram
AU - Merchen, Todd
AU - Konijetti, Krishna
AU - Gupta, Manish
AU - Boardman, Robyn
AU - Rogers, Christin
AU - Buell, Joseph
AU - Hanaway, Michael
AU - Broderick, Joseph
AU - Smith, Roger
AU - Woodle, E. Steve
PY - 2004/2/15
Y1 - 2004/2/15
N2 - West Nile virus infection has been spreading westward across the continental United States since 1999. Although it often presents as a mild, self-limiting viral illness, it can result in a devastating meningoencephalitis in some patient populations, particularly the elderly. We report in this article on two immunosuppressed transplant patients who developed a severe meningoencephalitis caused by mosquito-borne West Nile virus infection. Suggestions for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of West Nile virus infection in this patient population are described.
AB - West Nile virus infection has been spreading westward across the continental United States since 1999. Although it often presents as a mild, self-limiting viral illness, it can result in a devastating meningoencephalitis in some patient populations, particularly the elderly. We report in this article on two immunosuppressed transplant patients who developed a severe meningoencephalitis caused by mosquito-borne West Nile virus infection. Suggestions for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of West Nile virus infection in this patient population are described.
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U2 - 10.1097/01.TP.0000101434.98873.CB
DO - 10.1097/01.TP.0000101434.98873.CB
M3 - Article
C2 - 14966429
AN - SCOPUS:10744231758
SN - 0041-1337
VL - 77
SP - 466
EP - 469
JO - Transplantation
JF - Transplantation
IS - 3
ER -