Fatal reactivation of postnatal cytomegalovirus infection with rapid emergence of ganciclovir resistance in an infant after allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3551-3554

  Voigt, Sebastian ^a   Michel, Detlef ^b   Kershaw, Olivia ^a   Kühl, Jörn Sven ^a   Mertens, Thomas ^b   Ebell, Wolfram ^a   Meisel, Helga ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BUSULFAN; CIDOFOVIR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; GANCICLOVIR; MELPHALAN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; JUVENILE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PNEUMONIA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5;

EID: 22144434868     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3551-3554.2005     Document Type: Article

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