HHV-6 DNA throughout the tissues of two stem cell transplant patients with chromosomally integrated HHV-6 and fatal CMV pneumonitis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 394-398

  Hubacek, Petr ^a,b   Virgili, Anna ^c   Ward, Katherine N ^c   Pohlreich, David ^d   Keslova, Petra ^b   Goldova, Barbora ^b   Markova, Marketa ^d   Zajac, Miroslav ^a   Cinek, Ondrej ^a   Nacheva, Elisabeth P ^c   Sedlacek, Petr ^b   Cetkovsky, Petr ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Human herpesvirus 6; Infection; Tissue

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CIDOFOVIR; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; FOSCARNET; IDARUBICIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOMAL INTEGRATED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 64149129618     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07622.x     Document Type: Article

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