Disseminated adenovirus serotype 31 infection in an immunocompromised host.
Adenoviruses are ubiquitous organisms but only infrequently have been implicated as a cause of hepatitis and rarely as a cause of fatal disease. A fatal case of disseminated adenovirus serotype 31 infection is described. It occurred in a patient with severe combined immunodeficiency who received a fetal liver transplant and subsequently developed massive hepatic necrosis. To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the first reported case of disseminated disease due to serotype 31.
D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000145:classification; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D012703:Serotyping