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| Title |
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy after heart transplantation: 4 years of clinically stable infection on low-dose immunosuppressive therapy
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| Published in |
Oxford Medical Case Reports, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1093/omcr/omx003 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Per Sundbom, Laila Hubbert, Lena Serrander |
| Abstract |
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), caused by reactivation of JC-virus is a relatively rare complication seen in patients with compromised immune system. There are no evidence-based treatment available and prognosis is poor. Withdrawal of immunosuppressant can result in further neurological deterioration and for patients with solid organ transplantations, fatal graft rejection. We report a 52-year-old women that presented with seizures within 1 month after heart transplantation. Initial diagnosis was vascular disease. After clinical deterioration 10 months after transplantation, further examinations led to the diagnosis. Minimizing tacrolimus, to a concentration of 2 ng/ml, and extensive physical therapy has improved the physical capacity of the patient. The patient has now been clinically stable for 4 years and extended survival for 5 years. This case adds to the limited adult cases of PML within the population of heart transplant recipients and the need for increased awareness to minimize diagnosis delay. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 16 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 16 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 25% |
| Researcher | 2 | 13% |
| Librarian | 1 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 25% |
| Philosophy | 1 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 6% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 7 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 March 2017.
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#833
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