Renal failure in the course of reactivation of varicella-zoster virus infection in a renal transplant recipient.
Renal failure developed in a 20-year-old female renal transplant recipient in the course of reactivation of varicella-zoster virus infection. The patient was treated with acyclovir and immunosuppression was continued. The year later renal function in the transplanted kidney was satisfactory.
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D012008:Recurrence