Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a Renal Transplant Recipient: Do not Forget Metapneumovirus

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is emerging as a cause of a severe respiratory tract infection in immunocompromised patients. hMPV pneumonia has only been seldom reported in nonpulmonary solid organ transplanted patients, such as renal transplant recipients. We report here a case of a 39-year-old patie...

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Main Authors: N. Noel, B. Rammaert, J. Zuber, N. Sayre, M. F. Mamzer-Bruneel, M. Leruez-Ville, L. Mascard, M. Lecuit, O. Lortholary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/353871