Severe Necrotizing Adenovirus Tubulointerstitial Nephritis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

Adenoviruses (AdV) are emerging pathogens with a prevalence of 11% viruria and 6.5% viremia in kidney transplant recipients. Although AdV infection is common, interstitial nephritis (ADVIN) is rare with only 13 biopsy proven cases reported in the literature. We report a case of severe ADVIN with cha...

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Main Authors: Ravi Parasuraman, Ping L. Zhang, Dilip Samarapungavan, Leslie Rocher, Alan Koffron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/969186