Fatal Yellow Fever in a Kidney Transplant Patient.
Clin Infect Dis
; 70(1): 144-148, 2020 01 01.
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| ID: mdl-31077273
ABSTRACT
A kidney-transplanted patient, unvaccinated against yellow fever (YF), developed high fever, progressed rapidly to hepatic insufficiency and coma, and died 8 days later. Real-time polymarase chain reaction for YF virus collected on the seventh day of symptoms was positive. Autopsy showed disseminated infection and midzonal hepatitis with apoptotic hepatocytes and minimal inflammatory reaction.
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Assunto principal:
Febre Amarela
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Transplante de Rim
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Vacina contra Febre Amarela
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article