Epstein-Barr virus associated graft failure following heart/lung transplantation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case is described of late pulmonary graft failure in a heart/lung transplant recipient. The major characteristics were alveolar fibrosis and a restrictive physiological deficit. Epstein-Barr virus was implicated as an aetiological agent using immunohistochemical analysis and by a response to treatment with ganciclovir.
Medical subject headings
- Graft Rejection
- Heart-Lung Transplantation
- Herpesviridae Infections
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Tumor Virus Infections