Disseminated echovirus infection after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.

Abstract

Disseminated enteric human cytopathogenic orphan (echo) virus infection after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation has been reported once previously: a patient developed a fatal infection with the virus being isolated from brain, lung and heart. We report a second case of disseminated echovirus infection in which virus was isolated from the stomach and liver. On this occasion the infection was associated with the development of biopsy-proven acute graft-versus-host disease of the skin, stomach, colon and liver. The infection resolved without sequelae.

• Authors: A P Schwarer, S S Opat, A M Watson, D Spelman, F Firkin, N Lee
• Journal: Pathology (Pathology) Vol. 29 Issue 4 Pg. 424-5 (Nov 1997) ISSN: 0031-3025 [Print] England
• PMID: 9423228 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Biopsy
• Bone Marrow Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Colon (pathology)
• Echovirus Infections (complications, diagnosis)
• Fatal Outcome
• Female
• Graft vs Host Disease (complications, pathology)
• Humans
• Liver (pathology, virology)
• Middle Aged
• Skin (pathology)
• Stomach (pathology, virology)