Open AccessAgranulocytosis‐complicated DRESS with medullar HHV‐6 replication
Author(s) -
Lehericey Margot,
Tétart Florence,
Carvalho Priscille,
Bauvin Olivia,
Hervouet Charles,
Joly Pascal,
Hébert Vivien
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3033
Subject(s) - medicine , bone marrow , bone marrow transplant , replication (statistics) , bone marrow transplantation , immunology , pathology , virology
HHV‐6B is the subtype most often involved in the systemic manifestations of the DRESS, but also in myelosuppression in bone marrow transplant. We report a new observation of its myelosuppressive effect: a case of DRESS complicated by agranulocytosis with detectable HHV‐6 RNA in bone marrow.