PTLD is a lymphoproliferative disorder that occurs because of impaired T-cell immunity after solid-organ or allogeneic stem cell transplant. 90% of the time these are EBV associated.
What are the risk factors for development of PTLD?
1. EBV-negative serostatus at time of transplant
2. Mismatching EBV-negative recipients with EBV positive donors
3. Intestinal Transplants have the highest incidence, then heart-lung, lung, heart, liver and then kidney
4. Children
5. Simultaneous CMV infection within 1 year of transplant
6. Certain HLA subtypes.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12621474
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14986084
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