Fatal Yellow Fever in a Kidney Transplant Patient.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A kidney-transplanted patient, unvaccinated against yellow fever (YF), developed high fever, progressed rapidly to hepatic insufficiency and coma, and died 8 days later. Real-time polymarase chain reaction for YF virus collected on the seventh day of symptoms was positive. Autopsy showed disseminated infection and midzonal hepatitis with apoptotic hepatocytes and minimal inflammatory reaction.
Medical subject headings
- Kidney Transplantation
- Yellow Fever
- Yellow Fever Vaccine