A short tale of blood, kidney and brain: BK virus encephalitis in an allogeneic stem cell transplant recipient

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jun;52(6):907-909. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2017.18. Epub 2017 Feb 20.

Authors

C Bourlon¹, S Alamoudi¹, D Kumar², A Viswabandya¹, S Thyagu¹, F V Michelis¹, D D-H Kim¹, J H Lipton¹, H A Messner¹, U Deotare¹

Affiliations

¹ Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada.
² Transplant Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.

PMID: 28218753
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2017.18

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Allografts
BK Virus*
Brain / metabolism*
Brain / virology
Encephalitis, Viral* / blood
Encephalitis, Viral* / etiology
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Kidney / metabolism*
Kidney / virology
Lymphoma, Follicular* / blood
Lymphoma, Follicular* / therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Polyomavirus Infections* / blood
Polyomavirus Infections* / etiology
Stem Cell Transplantation*
Tumor Virus Infections* / blood
Tumor Virus Infections* / etiology