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- Title
Cytomegalovirus associated severe pneumonia in three liver transplant recipients.
- Authors
Kose, Adem; Yalcinsoy, Murat; Samdanci, Emine Turkmen; Barut, Bora; Otlu, Baris; Yilmaz, Sezai; Bayindir, Yasar
- Abstract
Introduction: Cytomegalovirus (CMV), is the most common opportunistic infection, remains a cause of life-threatening disease and allograft rejection in liver transplant (LT) recipients. The purpose of this case series is to state that CMV may lead to severe pneumonia along with other bacteria. Methodology: CMV pneumonia was diagnosed with the thoracic computed tomography (CT) scan findings, bronchoscopic biopsy, real time quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) and clinical symptoms. For extraction of CMV DNA from the clinical sample, EZ1 Virus Mini Kit v2.0 (Qiagen, Germany) was used, and aplification was performed with CMV QS-RGQ Kit (Qiagen, Germany) on Rotor Gene Q 5 Plex HMR (Qiagen, Germany) device. Results: All recipients had severe pneumonia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and at least two-fold increase in transaminases on seventh, twentyeighth and twenty-second days after surgery, respectively. Thoracic CT scan revealed as diffuse interstitial infiltration in the lung parenchyma. Bronchoscopy, Gram-staining and culture from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid were performed in all of them. During bronchoscopy, a bronchial biopsy was administered to two recipients. One recipient could not be performed procedure because of deep thrombocytopenia. PCR results were positive from serum and BAL fluid. Bronchial biopsy was compatible with CMV pneumonia. However, Pseudomonas aeruginosae was found in two cases and Klebsiella pneumoniae in one case BAL fluid cultures. Conclusions: CMV pneumonia can be seen simultaneously with bacterial agents due to the indirect effects of the CMV. It should be kept in mind that CMV pneumonia may cause severe clinical courses and can be mortal.
- Subjects
LIVER transplantation; PNEUMONIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUSES; GRAFT rejection; POLYMERASE chain reaction; AIDS-related opportunistic infections; PNEUMOCYSTIS jiroveci
- Publication
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 11, p1338
- ISSN
2036-6590
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3855/jidc.12536