Severe epstein-barr virus encephalitis with hemophagocytic syndrome: Rapid clearance of virus following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from a seropositive donor

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 553-556

  Sovinz, Petra ^a   Schwinger, Wolfgang ^a   Lackner, Herwig ^a   Benesch, Martin ^a   Moser, Andrea ^a   Raicht, Andrea ^a   Zobel, Gerfried ^a   Urban, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation; EBV associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; EBV encephalitis; EBV HLH; Epstein Barr virus

Indexed keywords

CIDOFOVIR; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SALVAGE THERAPY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; BLOOD; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77953169569     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181d1de1d     Document Type: Article

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