Disseminated echovirus infection after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Pathology. 1997 Nov;29(4):424-5. doi: 10.1080/00313029700169455.

Abstract

Disseminated enteric human cytopathogenic orphan (echo) virus infection after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation has been reported once previously: a patient developed a fatal infection with the virus being isolated from brain, lung and heart. We report a second case of disseminated echovirus infection in which virus was isolated from the stomach and liver. On this occasion the infection was associated with the development of biopsy-proven acute graft-versus-host disease of the skin, stomach, colon and liver. The infection resolved without sequelae.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Colon / pathology
  • Echovirus Infections / complications
  • Echovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease / complications
  • Graft vs Host Disease / pathology
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver / virology
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin / pathology
  • Stomach / pathology
  • Stomach / virology