Identification of adenoviruses in specimens from high-risk pediatric stem cell transplant recipients and controls

Xiaotian Zheng, Xiaoyan Lu, Dean D. Erdman, Evan J. Anderson, Judith A. Guzman-Cottrill, Morris Kletzel, Ben Z. Katz

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Abstract

Adenovirus infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in stem cell transplant recipients. We report species and type-specific analysis from a prospective study of high-risk adenovirus infections following hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation prior to, during, and after treatment with cidofovir, as well as species analysis of contemporaneously collected samples from control patients. Nine different adenovirus types representing all six recognized species were identified, and mixed infections were commonly found in this group of patients.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)317-320
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume46
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)

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