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Disseminated Ureaplasma infection as a cause of fatal hyperammonemia in humans

Published:2015-04-22 Issue:284 Volume:7 Page:
ISSN:1946-6234
Container-title:Science Translational Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Sci. Transl. Med.

Author:

Bharat Ankit¹,Cunningham Scott A.²,Scott Budinger G. R.²,Kreisel Daniel³,DeWet Charl J.³,Gelman Andrew E.³,Waites Ken⁴,Crabb Donna⁴,Xiao Li⁴,Bhorade Sangeeta¹,Ambalavanan Namasivayam⁴,Dilling Daniel F.⁵⁶⁷,Lowery Erin M.⁵,Astor Todd⁸,Hachem Ramsey³,Krupnick Alexander S.³,DeCamp Malcolm M.¹,Ison Michael G.¹,Patel Robin²

Affiliation:

1. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

3. Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

4. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.

5. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60153, USA.

6. Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA.

7. RML Specialty Hospital, Hinsdale, IL 60521, USA.

8. Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

Abstract

Disseminated infection with Ureaplasma species causes fatal hyperammonemia syndrome in lung transplant recipients, likely by disrupting ammonia metabolism.

Funder

American Association of Thoracic Surgeons

The Barnes Jewish Research Foundation

Gibbon Research

NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Mechanisms of Lung Allograft Acceptance

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

General Medicine

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