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- Title
BK polyomavirus encephalitis in a patient with thrombotic microangiopathy after an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
- Authors
Jun, Jae‐Bum; Choi, Yunsuk; Kim, Hawk; Lee, Sun Ho; Jeong, Joseph; Jung, Jiwon
- Abstract
To date, only one case of BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) encephalitis combined with transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy has been reported in an hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) recipient. We report the case of an HCT recipient who developed thrombotic microangiopathy and subsequent BKPyV encephalitis. She died despite treatment with cidofovir, ciprofloxacin, and intravenous immunoglobulin without improvement in mental status. Early suspicion of BKPyV encephalitis in an HCT recipient presenting with altered mental status and hemorrhagic cystitis is important.
- Subjects
POLYOMAVIRUS diseases; TREATMENT of encephalitis; THROMBOTIC microangiopathies; STEM cell transplantation; THERAPEUTIC use of immunoglobulins
- Publication
Transplant Infectious Disease, 2016, Vol 18, Issue 6, p950
- ISSN
1398-2273
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/tid.12620