Renal allograft dysfunction with acute hemorrhagic cystitis caused by adenovirus in a recipient of a transplanted kidney.
We experienced acute hemorrhagic cystitis with renal dysfunction in a recipient of a transplanted kidney. This acute hemorrhagic cystitis was caused by adenovirus type 11. Either elevation of antibody titers or isolation in urine of adenovirus type 11 was identified in six cases out of 11 in seven reports which we collected. Graft dysfunctions were complicated on seven cases out of 11 in these seven reports. These graft dysfunctions have been considered as an acute rejection, but we suggest that they may be graft nephropathy caused by adenovirus type 11 infection.
Shiramizu
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Department of Surgery, Saga Prefecture Hospital, Kohseikan, Japan.
Satoh
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Jinushi
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Oka
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Inokuchi
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D003556:Cystitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D008775:Methylprednisolone