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Several herpesviruses can reactivate in a severe drug-induced multiorgan reaction in the same sequential order as in graft-versus-host disease
30 Mar 2006
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BACKGROUND: Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) is a severe multiorgan systemic reaction. Numerous studies have linked reactivation of human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 with the development of DIHS. Recent articles have suggested that reactivation of other herpesviruses besides HHV-6 might also be involved in the development of DIHS. On the other hand, recent studies have provided evidence for a role of...
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