Primary Epstein-Barr virus infection associated with a rejection episode in a human renal allograft recipient.
Five weeks after receiving a kidney donated by his brother, a 33 year old man showed signs of graft rejection concurrent with an Epstein-Barr virus infection. Primary infection with this virus has not been previousy documented in a renal transplant recipient and the possibility of a relationship between the infection and the kidney rejection is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous