[HTLV infection after renal transplant].

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

We report the first two cases of HTLV-1 infection after a renal transplant appearing in our country and their outcomes.

METHODS:

We describe the cases of two transplant patients who developed subacute myelopathy, known as Tropical Spastic Paraparesis, secondary to HTLV-1 infection and review their evolution.

RESULTS:

Both cases show a great disability today, being one of them dependent for his daily life.

CONCLUSIONS:

We believe that HTLV-1 detection is necessary in all donors by indirect (ELISA) or direct (PCR) techniques due to its symptomless evolution in the transplant patient on the one hand, and the growing immigrant population in our country which associates an increase in the number of asymptomatic carriers of the virus.

• Authors: Ainara Villafruela Mateos, Antón Arruza Echevarría, Jesús Martín Bazaco, Igor Azurmendi Arin, José Antonio Zabala Eugurrola, Carlos Pertusa Peña
• Journal: Archivos espanoles de urologia (Arch Esp Urol) Vol. 58 Issue 10 Pg. 1064-8 (Dec 2005) ISSN: 0004-0614 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Infección por HTLV post-trasplante renal.
• PMID: 16482858 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Female
• Humans
• Kidney Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic (etiology)