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Query: UMLS:C0001486 (Adenovirus)
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A 5-month-old girl given an allogeneic bone marrow transplant for Hurler's syndrome succumbed to fatal pneumonia 5 weeks after the transplant. Adenovirus type 2 was isolated from her urine before she died. Immunoperoxidase and electron microscopical studies of liver and lungs post mortem confirmed a disseminated adenovirus infection. The serological findings and the patient's young age suggested that the infection was a primary one. The importance of considering exogenous sources of adenovirus infection in bone marrow transplant recipients is discussed.
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PMID:Fatal disseminated adenovirus type 2 infection following bone marrow transplantation for Hurler's syndrome: a primary infection. 847 64