Epstein-Barr virus associated graft failure following heart/lung transplantation. |
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| Authors: | J J Egan J P Stewart P S Hasleton N Yonan P Bishop J R Arrand A N Rahman K B Carroll A A Woodcock |
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| Affiliation: | North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester. |
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| Abstract: | A case is described of late pulmonary graft failure in a heart/lung transplant recipient. The major characteristics were alveolar fibrosis and a restrictive physiological deficit. Epstein-Barr virus was implicated as an aetiological agent using immunohistochemical analysis and by a response to treatment with ganciclovir. |
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