Recurrent herpes simplex virus hepatitis after liver retransplantation despite acyclovir therapy

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1289-1294

  Longerich, Thomas ^a   Eisenbach, Christoph ^a   Penzel, Roland ^a   Kremer, Thomas ^a   Flechtenmacher, Christa ^a   Helmke, Burkhard ^a   Encke, Jens ^a   Kraus, Thomas ^a   Schirmacher, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOSINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EXPLANT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; STOP CODON; THERAPY RESISTANCE; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

ACYCLOVIR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 27244456628     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20567     Document Type: Article

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