Human Herpesvirus-6 Pneumonitis around the Engraftment of Cord Blood Transplantation following Foscarnet Prophylaxis in a Patient with Acute Leukemia

Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) reactivation is sometimes observed in immunocompromised patients, especially after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. The complications of HHV-6 reactivation in this setting are mainly recognized as HHV-6 encephalitis. We herein report the case of a patient who develop...

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Main Authors: Takashi Ishio, Tomoyuki Endo, Kohei Okada, Akio Shigematsu, Satoshi Hashino, Takanori Teshima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/949265
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