Fatal cytomegalovirus disease in a high-risk renal transplant recipient

Pediatr Nephrol. 2001 Jan;16(1):8-10. doi: 10.1007/s004670000475.

Abstract

The incidence of CMV infection in pediatric renal transplant recipients has increased as immunosuppression levels deepen following the use of newer immunosuppressive agents. It has been thought that 3-5 months of anti-CMV prophylaxis offers sufficient protection for these patients. We present a case of late-onset fatal CMV disease in a pediatric renal transplant recipient who received prolonged anti-CMV prophylaxis while on "quadruple" immunosuppression with daclizumab, mycophenolate, tacrolimus, and prednisone. Our case has prompted us to reassess CMV surveillance, prophylaxis, and immunosuppression levels in our pediatric renal transplant patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / etiology*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Daclizumab
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / therapeutic use
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Mycophenolic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Postoperative Care
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Risk Factors
  • Tacrolimus / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Daclizumab
  • Mycophenolic Acid
  • Prednisone
  • Tacrolimus