Life-threatening adenovirus infection in a kidney transplant recipient

Abstract

Adenovirus causes 5–10% of all childhood febrile illnesses [1]. In the immunocompetent host, infection is usually associated with mild, self-limiting upper respiratory tract syndromes. Most individuals have serologic evidence of prior adenoviral infection by age 10 [1]. Following initial infection, adenovirus establishes lifelong latent infection in lympho-epithelial tissues [2].