Successful Treatment of Suspected Donor-derived Human Herpesvirus-8 Infection in a Liver Transplant Patient With Coronavirus Disease-19

Transplantation. 2021 Jun 1;105(6):e65-e67. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003684.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Allografts / virology
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis
  • COVID-19 / immunology
  • COVID-19 / therapy
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy / methods
  • Cytokine Release Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Cytokine Release Syndrome / immunology
  • Cytokine Release Syndrome / therapy*
  • Herpesviridae Infections / complications
  • Herpesviridae Infections / diagnosis
  • Herpesviridae Infections / therapy*
  • Herpesviridae Infections / transmission
  • Herpesvirus 8, Human / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Liver / virology
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Rituximab / therapeutic use*
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Rituximab