Chronic Human Herpes Virus 8 Infection Successfully Treated With Valganciclovir

BACKGROUND: A 57 year old Italian female with a 3 year history of constituitional symptoms with non-HIV Kaposi sarcoma was referred to the immunology clinic. She was previously diagnosed with chronic human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) infection with positive HHV8 polymerase chain reaction in serum. OBJECTI...

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Autores principales: Yun, James J, Preda, Veronica, Frankum, Brad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: World Allergy Organization 2009
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23283061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WOX.0b013e3181abe7b6
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: A 57 year old Italian female with a 3 year history of constituitional symptoms with non-HIV Kaposi sarcoma was referred to the immunology clinic. She was previously diagnosed with chronic human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) infection with positive HHV8 polymerase chain reaction in serum. OBJECTIVE: Is valganciclovir effective in treating chronic human herpes virus 8 infection without Multicentric Castleman's Disease (MCD)? RESULTS: She was started on valganciclovir, resulting in remission of her symptoms, improvement in inflammatory markers and clearing of detectable HHV8 viraemia CONCLUSION: Valganciclovir is effective in treating symptomatic HHV8 infections without MCD.

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