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Non-invasive Imaging of Acute Allograft Rejection after Rat Renal Transplantation Using 18F-FDG PET
Published on: April 28, 2013
Acute hantavirus infection or renal transplant rejection
M Meier1, U Helmchen, L Fricke
1Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany. markus.meier@innere1.uni-luebeck.de
Abstract:
Hantaviruses belong to the so-called emerging pathogens that are transmitted to humans by infected rodents and their excreta. In Central Europe, hantavirus infections usually occur in a mild to moderate form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. In contrast to the mostly benign or even asymptomatic course of hantavirus infections in previously healthy individuals, the acute hantavirus infection in kidney transplant recipients represents an exceptional situation regarding diagnosis and therapy. We describe the case of a 44-year-old kidney transplant recipient with acute renal transplant failure associated with acute hantavirus infection.
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