Rejections and cytomegalovirus infections after renal transplantation
Bernheim, J.; Touraine, J.L.; Berthoux, F.C.; Blanc, N.; Traeger, J.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 52(22-23): 1361-1365
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 183271 Document Number: 103322
Immunosuppressed patients are known to be susceptible to infectious agents. Association of allograft rejection and herpes virus infection (high incidence of cytomegalovirus) was yet reported after renal transplantation. Authors studied 19 rejection episodes on 24 renal transplantation performed for 17 months, cytomegalovirus infection being associated in 7. Because of the therapeutic difficulties observed in these cases, a preventive attitude is necessary.