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Infection with Human Herpesvirus 6 after Kidney‐Pancreas Transplant
Author(s) -
Benito Natividad,
Ricart M. José,
Pumarola Tomás,
Marcos M. Angeles,
Oppenheimer Federico,
Camacho Asunción Moreno
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00449.x
Subject(s) - medicine , human herpesvirus 6 , rash , pneumonitis , transplantation , pancreas , kidney , encephalitis , immunology , pathology , virology , lung , virus , herpesviridae , viral disease
We describe the first known case of symptomatic infection resulting from human herpesvirus‐6 (HHV‐6) in simultaneous pancreas‐kidney transplant recipients. The role of HHV‐6 in solid‐organ transplant recipients is not well defined. In hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) HHV‐6 may cause fever, rash, myelosuppression, interstitial pneumonitis, and encephalitis.