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Fatal primary infection due to human herpesvirus 6 variant A in a renal transplant recipient.
Transplantation - 27 Jan 2001
Rossi C, Delforge M L, Jacobs F, Wissing M, Pradier O, Remmelink M, Byl B, Thys J P, Liesnard C
Abstract excerpt
We describe a fatal primary human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) variant A infection in a kidney transplanted adult woman. On day 20 post transplantation (TX), after rejection therapy, the patient presented an acute hemophagocytic syndrome with hepatitis and central nervous system involvement. HHV-6 IgG a...
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