Multiorgan WU Polyomavirus Infection in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient.

ABSTRACT: WU polyomavirus (WUPyV) was detected in a bone marrow transplant recipient with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome who died in 2001. Crystalline lattices of polyomavirus-like particles were observed in the patient's lung by electron microscopy. WUPyV was detected in the lung and other tissues by real-time quantitative PCR and identified in the lung and trachea by immunohistochemistry. A subset of WUPyV-positive cells in the lung had morphologic features of macrophages. Although the role of WUPyV as a human pathogen remains unclear, these results clearly demonstrate evidence for infection of respiratory tract tissues in this patient.

SUBMITTER: Siebrasse EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4696717 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature