title: New influenza A (H1N1/09) in three renal transplant patients.
abstract: The pandemic new influenza A (H1N1/09) virus may be especially threatening for immunosuppressed renal transplant patients as they are at increased risk for complications, prolonged infection and mortality. This is the first case report of renal transplant patients with PCR-confirmed H1N1 respiratory tract infection. They showed a surprisingly mild clinical course despite respiratory fungal or viral co-infections in two cases. Treatment with oseltamivir in standard dosage was immediately started after diagnosis and proved to be rapidly beneficial with respect to clinical outcome and virus shedding without deteriorating renal transplant function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology , Heinrich-Heine University , Düsseldorf , Germany.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siekierka-Harreis
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology , Heinrich-Heine University , Düsseldorf , Germany.
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ivens
authors.affiliation: Institute for Virology , Heinrich-Heine University , Düsseldorf , Germany.
authors.forename: Ortwin
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases , Heinrich-Heine University , Düsseldorf , Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology , Heinrich-Heine University , Düsseldorf , Germany.
authors.forename: Lars Christian
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Rump
keywords: H1N1; oseltamivir; renal transplantation; respiratory