Human cytomegalovirus, human herpesvirus-6 and human herpesvirus-7 in neutropenic patients with fever of unknown origin

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 640-644

  Persson, Lennart ^a   Dahl, H ^b   Linde, A ^b   Engervall, P ^c   Vikerfors, T ^a   Tidefelt, U ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Fever; Herpes DNA emia; Leukemia; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLASMACYTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7;

EID: 0043028382     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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