Human herpesvirus-6 acute limbic encephalitis after unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation successfully treated with ganciclovir

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2015 Oct;50(10):1385-7. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2015.159. Epub 2015 Jul 6.

Authors

V Camus¹, J-P Bouwyn², A Chamseddine¹, P Lenain¹, P Ahtoy², A Stamatoullas¹, H Lanic¹, E Lemasle¹, N Contentin¹, O Cassuto¹, S Leprêtre¹, S Dubois¹, H Tilly¹, F Jardin¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Haematology, Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France.
² Department of Neurology, Charles Nicolle University Hospital, Rouen, France.

PMID: 26146808
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2015.159

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / methods
Ganciclovir / administration & dosage
Ganciclovir / therapeutic use*
Herpesvirus 6, Human / pathogenicity*
Humans
Limbic Encephalitis / etiology*
Male
Young Adult

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Ganciclovir