Severe meningo-encephalitis and death in a renal transplant recipient resulting from West Nile virus infection.
The first case of West Nile virus infection occurred in New York in 1999 and, since then, several cases of meningo-encephalitis with a variety of clinical syndromes have been reported. This case report is the first to our knowledge of a renal transplant recipient who acquired West Nile virus infection and presented with meningo-encephalitis and other unusual neurological sequelae with high serum and cerebrospinal fluid titers.
Antony
Suresh
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Texas Oncology PA/Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 7848 Gateway E., El Paso, TX 79915, USA. santony@elp.rr.com
D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology