Epstein-Barr virus-positive post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder of the central nervous system, after renal transplantation with a discrepancy in viral load between peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Boersma, Marijke Nynke ^a   Van Der Zanden, Adri ^b   Laverman, Gozewijn Dirk ^a   Sanders, Jan Stephan ^c   De Vries, Peter Alexander Marcel ^a  

^a ZGT Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

central nervous system; cerebrospinal fluid; Epstein Barr virus; kidney; post transplant lymphoproliferative disorder; renal

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; CARMUSTINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TENIPOSIDE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84867547966     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01552.x     Document Type: Article

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