title: Fulminant hepatic failure caused by adenovirus infection following bone marrow transplantation for Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: Adenoviruses are increasingly realised to be responsible for serious morbidity and mortality following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. We describe a case of fulminant hepatic failure due to adenovirus serotype 2 in a 39-year-old woman who received a matched sibling allogeneic bone marrow transplant for multiply relapsed Hodgkin's disease. Isolated fulminant hepatic failure caused by this serotype of adenovirus has not previously been described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, University College Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Somervaille
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Landon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mackinnon
mesh_terms: D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans