Acute abdomen without cutaneous signs of varicella zoster virus infection as a late complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: Importance of empiric therapy with acyclovir

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1003-1005

  Yagi, T ^a   Karasuno, T ^a   Hasegawa, T ^a   Yasumi, M ^a   Kawamoto, S ^a   Murakami, M ^a   Uosima, N ^a   Nakamura, H ^a   Hiraoka, A ^a   Masaoka, T ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; ACV; BMT; Empiric therapy; VZV

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DEATH; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034061396     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702340     Document Type: Article

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