Fatal Hemophagocytic Syndrome Related to Human Herpesvirus-6 Reinfection Following Liver Transplantation: A Case Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3791-3793

  Dharancy, S ^a   Crombe, V ^a   Copin, M C ^a   Boleslawski, E ^a   Bocket, L ^a   Declerck, N ^a   Canva, V ^a   Dewilde, A ^a   Mathurin, P ^a   Pruvot, F R ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PRISTINAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REINFECTION; STEATOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES; RECURRENCE; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 57549106817     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.083     Document Type: Article

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