Primary human herpes virus 6 infection transmitted from donor to recipient through bone marrow infusion

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1063-1066

  Lau, Y L ^a   Peiris, M ^a   Chan, G C F ^a   Chan, A C L ^a   Chiu, D ^a   Ha, S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Foscarnet; Ganciclovir; HHV 6; Infection; Myelosuppression; Wiskott Aldrich syndrome

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME;

EID: 0031797550     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701230     Document Type: Article

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