Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Human herpes virus-6 encephalitis in a paediatric bone marrow recipient: successful treatment with pharmacokinetic monitoring and high doses of ganciclovir

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Bone Marrow Transplantation Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1

References

  1. Caserta MT, Mock DJ, Dewhurst S . Human herpesvirus 6. Clin Infect Dis 2001; 33: 829–833.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Savolainen H, Lautenschlager I, Piiparinen H, Saarinen-Pihkala U, Hovi L, Vettenranta K . Human herpesvirus 6 and 7 in pediatric stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2005; 45: 820–825.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Boeckh M, Erard V, Zerr D, Englung J . Emerging viral infectious after hematopoietic cell transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 2005; 9: 48–54.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Dewhurst S . Human herpesvirus type 6 and human herpesvirus type 7 infections of the central nervous system. Herpes 2004; 11: 105A–111A.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Yoshida M, Yamada M, Tsukazaki T, Chatterjee S, Lakeman FD, Nii S et al. Comparison of antiviral compounds against human herpesvirus 6 and 7. Antiviral Res 1998; 40: 73–84.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Rapaport D, Engelhard D, Tagger G, Or R, Frenkel N . Antiviral prophylaxis may prevent human herpesvirus 6 reactivation in bone marrow transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis 2002; 4: 10–16.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Tokimasa S, Hara J, Osugi Y, Ohta H, Matsuda Y, Fujisaki H et al. Ganciclovir is effective for prophylaxis and treatment of human herpesvirus 6 in allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transpl 2002; 29: 595–598.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Mookerjee BP, Vogelsang G . Human herpesvirus 6 encephalitis after bone marrow transplantation: successful treatment with ganciclovir. Bone Marrow Transpl 1997; 20: 905–990.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Zerr DM, Gupta D, Huang ML, Carter R, Corey L . Effect of antivirals on human herpesvirus 6 replication in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 34: 309–317.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Martin P, Bleyzac N, Souillet G, Galambrun C, Bertrand Y, Maire P et al. Relationship between CsA trough blood concentration and severity of acute graft-versus-host disease after paediatric stem cell transplantation from matched-sibling or unrelated donors. Bone Marrow Transpl 2003; 32: 777–784.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Pharmacy Department, Debrousse Hospital, Lyon, France

    A Janoly-Duménil, T Basset & N Bleyzac

  2. Paediatric Haematology Department, Debrousse Hospital, Lyon, France

    C Galambrun, V Mialou & Y Bertrand

Authors
  1. A Janoly-Duménil
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. C Galambrun
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. T Basset
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. V Mialou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Y Bertrand
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. N Bleyzac
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to N Bleyzac.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Janoly-Duménil, A., Galambrun, C., Basset, T. et al. Human herpes virus-6 encephalitis in a paediatric bone marrow recipient: successful treatment with pharmacokinetic monitoring and high doses of ganciclovir. Bone Marrow Transplant 38, 769–770 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705518

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1705518

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation