West Nile Virus Encephalitis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

James C. Shepherd; Aruna Subramanian; Robert A. Montgomery; Milagros D. Samaniego; Gary Gong; Amy Bergmann; David Blythe; Lesia Dropulic

doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00410.x

West Nile Virus Encephalitis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

James C. Shepherd, Aruna Subramanian, Robert A. Montgomery, Milagros D. Samaniego, Gary Gong, Amy Bergmann, David Blythe, Lesia Dropulic

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Abstract

We describe a case of West Nile virus encephalitis in a 54-year-old kidney transplant recipient. The clinical course was rapid and fatal. Serial CSF samples showed an evolving mononuclear pleiocytosis and serial MRIs showed increasing signs of cytotoxic edema in her basal ganglia. Seroepidemiological testing indicated that the infection was most likely acquired from transfusion of fresh frozen plasma at the time of transplantation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	830-833
Number of pages	4
Journal	American Journal of Transplantation
Volume	4
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00410.x
State	Published - May 2004

Keywords

Organ transplantation
Transfusion
West Nile virus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Immunology and Allergy
Transplantation
Pharmacology (medical)

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