Cytomegalovirus Encephalitis in a Patient with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

J Clin Immunol. 2015 Nov;35(8):689-91. doi: 10.1007/s10875-015-0209-6. Epub 2015 Nov 7.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1, Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan.
² Department of Infection and Host Defense Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1, Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan. yxnakaza@shinshu-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 26546317
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-015-0209-6

No abstract available

Keywords: Cytomegalovirus; SCID; cord blood transplantation; polyradiculomyelitis; ventriculoencephalitis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Viral / blood
Antigens, Viral / metabolism
Cells, Cultured
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation*
Cytomegalovirus / physiology*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / therapy
DNA, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid
Encephalitis / diagnosis*
Encephalitis / therapy
Ganciclovir / administration & dosage
Graft vs Host Disease / immunology
Graft vs Host Disease / prevention & control*
HLA-DRB1 Chains / immunology
Humans
Infant
Interferon-gamma / metabolism
Interleukin Receptor Common gamma Subunit / genetics*
Male
Methotrexate / administration & dosage
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency / diagnosis*

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Antigens, Viral
DNA, Viral
HLA-DRB1 Chains
IL2RG protein, human
Interleukin Receptor Common gamma Subunit
Interferon-gamma
Ganciclovir
Methotrexate