Ganciclovir is effective for prophylaxis and treatment of human herpesvirus-6 in allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 595-598

  Tokimasa, S ^a   Hara, J ^a   Osugi, Y ^a   Ohta, H ^a   Matsuda, Y ^a   Fujisaki, H ^a   Sawada, A ^a   Kim, J Y ^a   Sashihara, J ^a   Amou, K ^a   Miyagawa, H ^a   Tanaka Taya, K ^a   Yamanishi, K ^a   Okada, S ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ganciclovir; Graft failure; Human herpes virus 6; Prophylaxis; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEVER; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0036105620     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703423     Document Type: Article

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