Bocavirus infection following paediatric liver transplantation

Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Feb;21(1):e12840. doi: 10.1111/petr.12840. Epub 2016 Oct 23.

Abstract

HBoV is an emergent virus, which is frequently detected as a co-infective agent. However, it can cause disease on its own. It is associated with respiratory and diarrhoeal illness in children and adults, whether immunocompetent or immunocompromised. We report HBoV infection in a child post-liver transplantation, who presented with persistent fever and mild tachypnea, 3 weeks after a successful transplant. She recovered spontaneously with no graft dysfunction.

Keywords: bocavirus; liver transplant; paediatric.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cytomegalovirus
  • Female
  • Human bocavirus
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Infant
  • Liver Failure / complications
  • Liver Failure / surgery*
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / complications*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / etiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents