Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6121502 | Journal of Clinical Virology | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We describe a rare case of fatal mumps encephalomyelitis occurring in 19-year old male following matched unrelated donor peripheral blood haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The indication for HSCT was for an undefined form of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Molecular typing of the mumps viral RNA isolated from neural tissue indicated that the infection was acquired at the time of a mumps outbreak in England and Wales that occurred between 2004 and 2006. This case highlights the importance of considering mumps in the differential diagnosis of central nervous system infection in highly immunosuppressed patients.
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Authors
Toby A. Eyre, Emanuela Pelosi, Stephen McQuaid, Deborah Richardson, Joan Newman, Kate Hill, Paul Veys, Graham Davies, Kim H. Orchard,