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Title:

Acute measles infection triggering an episode of liver transplant rejection.

Document type:
Case Reports; Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Sternfeld, T; Spöri-Byrtus, V; Riediger, C; Langer, R; Friess, H; Schmid, RM; Schulte-Frohlinde, E
Abstract:
We report the case of a 31-year-old immunosuppressed, liver transplanted man, with acute measles infection. The vaccinated patient had been exposed to measles during a known measles epidemic in public schools in Austria between January and April 2008. Measles infection triggered an episode of acute liver transplant rejection. The diagnosis of measles infection was made clinically and by serologic tests. Transplant rejection was diagnosed by liver biopsy. The transplant rejection was treated succ...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Int J Infect Dis
Year:
2010
Journal volume:
14
Journal issue:
6
Pages contribution:
e528-30
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.013
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19729330
Print-ISSN:
1201-9712
TUM Institution:
Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik; II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Gastroenterologie); Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie
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