title: Usutu virus infection in a patient who underwent orthotropic liver transplantation, Italy, August-September 2009.
abstract: We report a case of Usutu virus (USUV)-related illness in a patient that underwent an orthotropic liver transplant (OLT). Post transplant, the patient developed clinical signs of a possible neuroinvasive disease with a significant loss of cerebral functions. USUV was isolated in Vero E6 cells from a plasma sample obtained immediately before the surgery, and USUV RNA was demonstrated by RT-PCR and sequencing. This report enlarges the panel of emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus-related disease in humans.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Unit, Regional Reference Centre for Microbiological Emergencies-CRREM, St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cavrini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaibani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pierro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonilauri
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Gerunda
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Gerundi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Benedetto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pasetto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Girardis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dottori
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Landini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sambri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005416:Flavivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018177:Flavivirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008875:Middle Aged