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SUBMITTER: Pettengill MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6411205 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pettengill Matthew A MA Babu Tara M TM Prasad Paritosh P Chuang Sally S Drage Michael G MG Menegus Marilyn M Lamson Daryl M DM Lu Xiaoyan X Erdman Dean D Pecora Nicole N
Open forum infectious diseases 20181226 3
Human adenovirus type 34 (HAdV-34) infection is a recognized cause of transplant-associated hemorrhagic cystitis and, in rare cases, tubulointerstitial nephritis. The source of such infections is often difficult to assess, that is, whether acquired as a primary infection, exposure to a pathogen in the transplanted organ, or reactivation of an endogenous latent infection. We present here 2 cases of likely transplant-acquired HAdV-34 infection from the same organ donor, manifesting as tubulointers ...[more]