title: Invasive cytomegalovirus infection in a renal transplant ureter after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation: an unusual cause of renal allograft dysfunction.
abstract: Cytomegalovirus is an important cause of morbidity after solid organ transplantation. We report a case of cytomegalovirus infection involving the transplanted ureter that developed after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation. The patient presented with acute renal allograft dysfunction caused by ureteral stricture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-2360.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lowell
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stratta
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Kolbeck
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000209:etiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology