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Polyclonal B cell hyperplasia associated with Epstein-Barr virus causing acute renal allograft failure.

Abstract

Six weeks post cadaver renal transplantation, a patient developed a flu-like illness. Acute renal failure unresponsive to anti-rejection therapy occurred and he died four days later from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and Streptococcus viridans septicemia. Autopsy revealed a diffuse polymorphic polyclonal B cell infiltrate occupying most organs, including the allograft. Primary Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection was established by 1) rising …

Authors

Ludwin D; Quinonez G; Chernesky MA; Kay JM; Ali MA; Smith EK; Manning RF

Journal

Clinical Nephrology, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 151–154

Publication Date

September 1985

ISSN

0301-0430