Human herpesvirus-7 infection of the CNS with acute myelitis in an adult bone marrow recipient

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 983-985

  Ward, K N ^a   White, R P ^b,d   Mackinnon, S ^c   Hanna, M ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMT; HHV 7 Infection; Myelitis; SCT

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALEMTUZUMAB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUDARABINE; MELPHALAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN V; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELITIS; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0036947699     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703774     Document Type: Article

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