FATAL DISSEMINATED ADENOVIRUS TYPE-2 INFECTION FOLLOWING BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTATION FOR HURLERS SYNDROME - A PRIMARY INFECTION

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MORRIS, DJ
CORBITT, G
BAILEY, AS
NEWBOULD, M
SMITH, E
PICTON, S
STEVENS, RF
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[1] ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDRENS HOSP,DEPT PATHOL,MANCHESTER M27 1HA,LANCS,ENGLAND
[2] ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDRENS HOSP,DEPT PAEDIAT ONCOL,MANCHESTER M27 1HA,LANCS,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0163-4453(93)92896-5
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
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A 5-month-old girl given an allogeneic bone marrow transplant for Hurler's syndrome succumbed to fatal pneumonia 5 weeks after the transplant. Adenovirus type 2 was isolated from her urine before she died. Immunoperoxidase and electron microscopical studies of liver and lungs post mortem confirmed a disseminated adenovirus infection. The serological findings and the patient's young age suggested that the infection was a primary one. The importance of considering exogenous sources of adenovirus infection in bone marrow transplant recipients is discussed. © 1993 The British Society for the Study of Infection.
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