Acute kidney injury requiring dialysis secondary to adenovirus nephritis in renal transplant recipient

K. Sujeet, B. Vasudev, P. Desai, J. Bellizzi, L. Novoa‐Takara, C. He, A. El‐Meanawy. Acute kidney injury requiring dialysis secondary to adenovirus nephritis in renal transplant recipient Transpl Infect Dis 2011: 13: 174–177. All rights reserved Abstract: Disseminated adenoviral infection is a serious problem, especially in an immunocompromised host. The disease carries a mortality rate reaching as high as 80%. It is seen most frequently in bone marrow transplant recipients, where it causes pneumonia and disseminated disease. In solid organ transplant recipients it causes graft infection. We report the case of a renal transplant recipient with disseminated adenoviral infection and acute kidney failure requiring dialysis. Reduction of immunosuppression and 1 dose of cidofovir were associated with resolution of viremia and viruria and return of kidney function to near baseline.