HTLV-1 associated myelopathy after renal transplantation

Felix Gövert; Andi Krumbholz; Karsten Witt; Franziska Hopfner; Thorsten Feldkamp; Klaus Korn; Antje Knöll; Olav Jansen; Günther Deuschl; Helmut Fickenscher

doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2015.09.010

HTLV-1 associated myelopathy after renal transplantation

J Clin Virol. 2015 Nov:72:102-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.09.010. Epub 2015 Oct 9.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrecht University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Schittenhelmstr. 10, 24105 Kiel, Germany. Electronic address: f.goevert@neurologie.uni-kiel.de.
² Institute for Infection Medicine, Christian-Albrecht University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Brunswiker Str. 4, 24105 Kiel, Germany. Electronic address: krumbholz@infmed.uni-kiel.de.
³ Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrecht University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Schittenhelmstr. 10, 24105 Kiel, Germany. Electronic address: k.witt@neurologie.uni-kiel.de.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrecht University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Schittenhelmstr. 10, 24105 Kiel, Germany. Electronic address: f.hopfner@neurologie.uni-kiel.de.
⁵ Department of Nephrology, Christian-Albrecht University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Schittenhelmstr. 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany. Electronic address: feldkamp@nephro.uni-kiel.de.
⁶ Virology Institute, Friedrich-Alexander University and University Medical Center, Schlossgarten 4, 91054 Erlangen, Germany. Electronic address: klaus.korn@uk-erlangen.de.
⁷ Virology Institute, Friedrich-Alexander University and University Medical Center, Schlossgarten 4, 91054 Erlangen, Germany. Electronic address: antje.knoell@uk-erlangen.de.
⁸ Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, Christian-Albrecht University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Schittenhelmstr. 10, 24105 Kiel, Germany. Electronic address: o.jansen@neurorad.uni-kiel.de.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Christian-Albrecht University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Schittenhelmstr. 10, 24105 Kiel, Germany. Electronic address: g.deuschl@neurologie.uni-kiel.de.
¹⁰ Institute for Infection Medicine, Christian-Albrecht University and University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Brunswiker Str. 4, 24105 Kiel, Germany. Electronic address: fickenscher@infmed.uni-kiel.de.

PMID: 26479201
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.09.010

No abstract available

Keywords: HTLV-1; Human T-cell lymphotropic virus; Kidney transplantation; Low prevalence; Myelitis; Myelopathy; Retrovirus; Solid organ transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Kidney Transplantation*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / diagnosis*
Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / pathology*
Radiography
Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging