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

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
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Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/353871
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spelling doaj-c05fd8fd305b4b74a6159b904de92de22020-11-24T23:12:08ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Transplantation2090-69432090-69512012-01-01201210.1155/2012/353871353871Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a Renal Transplant Recipient: Do not Forget MetapneumovirusN. Noel0B. Rammaert1J. Zuber2N. Sayre3M. F. Mamzer-Bruneel4M. Leruez-Ville5L. Mascard6M. Lecuit7O. Lortholary8Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre d’Infectiologie Necker-Pasteur, Institut Imagine, AP-HP, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, FranceUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre d’Infectiologie Necker-Pasteur, Institut Imagine, AP-HP, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, FranceUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service de Transplantation Rénale, AP-HP, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, FranceUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre d’Infectiologie Necker-Pasteur, Institut Imagine, AP-HP, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, FranceUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service de Transplantation Rénale, AP-HP, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, FranceUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Unité de Virologie, AP-HP, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, FranceUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Unité de Virologie, AP-HP, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, FranceUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre d’Infectiologie Necker-Pasteur, Institut Imagine, AP-HP, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, FranceUniversité Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre d’Infectiologie Necker-Pasteur, Institut Imagine, AP-HP, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, FranceHuman 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 patient presenting with fever, cough, and interstitial opacities on CT scan diagnosed as a nonsevere hMPV pneumonia 11 years after a renal transplantation. Infection resolved spontaneously. Differential diagnosis with Pneumocystis pneumonia was discussed. We review the medical literature and discuss clinical presentation and detection methods that can be proposed in solid organ transplant recipients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/353871
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author N. Noel
B. Rammaert
J. Zuber
N. Sayre
M. F. Mamzer-Bruneel
M. Leruez-Ville
L. Mascard
M. Lecuit
O. Lortholary
spellingShingle N. Noel
B. Rammaert
J. Zuber
N. Sayre
M. F. Mamzer-Bruneel
M. Leruez-Ville
L. Mascard
M. Lecuit
O. Lortholary
Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a Renal Transplant Recipient: Do not Forget Metapneumovirus
Case Reports in Transplantation
author_facet N. Noel
B. Rammaert
J. Zuber
N. Sayre
M. F. Mamzer-Bruneel
M. Leruez-Ville
L. Mascard
M. Lecuit
O. Lortholary
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title Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a Renal Transplant Recipient: Do not Forget Metapneumovirus
title_short Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a Renal Transplant Recipient: Do not Forget Metapneumovirus
title_full Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a Renal Transplant Recipient: Do not Forget Metapneumovirus
title_fullStr Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a Renal Transplant Recipient: Do not Forget Metapneumovirus
title_full_unstemmed Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a Renal Transplant Recipient: Do not Forget Metapneumovirus
title_sort lower respiratory tract infection in a renal transplant recipient: do not forget metapneumovirus
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Transplantation
issn 2090-6943
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publishDate 2012-01-01
description 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 patient presenting with fever, cough, and interstitial opacities on CT scan diagnosed as a nonsevere hMPV pneumonia 11 years after a renal transplantation. Infection resolved spontaneously. Differential diagnosis with Pneumocystis pneumonia was discussed. We review the medical literature and discuss clinical presentation and detection methods that can be proposed in solid organ transplant recipients.
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