Case report: Human herpesvirus 6 reactivation associated with colitis in a lung transplant recipient

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1804-1807

  Lamoth, F ^a   Jayet, P Y ^a   Aubert, J D ^a   Rotman, S ^a   Mottet, C ^a   Sahli, R ^a   Lautenschlager, I ^b   Pascual, M ^a   Meylan, P ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract infection; Human herpesvirus 6; Solid organ transplant recipient

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; AZATHIOPRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COLITIS; COLON; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

EID: 50849117868     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21268     Document Type: Article

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