Successful Treatment of Human Herpesvirus 6 Encephalomyelitis in Immunocompetent Patient

We report the case of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) encephalomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient, which was confirmed by viral amplification from cerebrospinal fluid. Cidofovir was used followed by ganciclovir because of an adverse effect to probenecid. The patient recovered. HHV-6 should be recogn...

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Autores principales: Denes, Eric, Magy, Laurent, Pradeau, Karine, Alain, Sophie, Weinbreck, Pierre, Ranger-Rogez, Sylvie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15200871
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1004.030587

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15200871
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1004.030587

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