Successful treatment of cytomegalovirus-associated haemophagocytic syndrome following paediatric orthotopic liver transplantation

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 389-391

  Hardikar, Winita ^a,b   Pang, Ken ^b   Al Hebbi, Homoud ^b   Curtis, Nigel ^b   Couper, Richard ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus infection; Haemophagocytic syndrome; Immunoglobulin; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744741059     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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