Abdominal pain and acute nephritis in a man with a recent renal transplant.
We describe a patient with renal transplant who developed abdominal pain and acute nephritis in the course of the follow-up. A biopsy of colon lesions revealed CMV inclusions, renal biopsy revealed acute glomerulonephritis with positive CMV-DNA on polymerase chain reaction. The renal disease and bowel symptoms completely resolved after antiviral treatment.
Gotti
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Department of Transplant Immunology and Innovative Antirejection Therapies, Azienda Ospedaliera, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Italy.
Abbate
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Ferrante
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Remuzzi
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003106:Colon / Q000821:virology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000821:virology*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction