Adenovirus infection after pediatric bone marrow transplantation: Is treatment always necessary?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1244-1249

  Walls, Tony ^a,b   Hawrami, Khidir ^c   Ushiro Lumb, Innes ^c   Shingadia, Delane ^a   Saha, V ^b,d   Shankar, A G ^b  

^a Academic Department of Child Health   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CIDOFOVIR; GANCICLOVIR; RIBAVIRIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; T CELL DEPLETION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 17644398511     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429235     Document Type: Review

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