Roseola medical therapy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omodamola Aje B.Sc, M.D. [2]

Overview

There is no treatment for roseola, it is a self limiting disease that resolves on its own without any medical intervention but antipyretics can be used as a supportive therapy in cases of high fever.^[1]

Medical therapy

The mainstay of therapy for roseola is supportive as HHV 6 typically causes a benign, self limited illness in infants and antiviral therapy is not indicated.

Supportive therapy for roseola includes antipyretics such as acetaminophen if associated with discomfort.
Intravenous foscarnet and ganciclovir are proposed as first line treatment for HHV 6 encephalitis for 3 to 4 weeks.

References

↑ Agut H, Bonnafous P, Gautheret-Dejean A (2015). “Laboratory and clinical aspects of human herpesvirus 6 infections”. Clin Microbiol Rev. 28 (2): 313–35. doi:10.1128/CMR.00122-14. PMC 4402955. PMID 25762531.

[pmid25762531-1] Agut H, Bonnafous P, Gautheret-Dejean A (2015). “Laboratory and clinical aspects of human herpesvirus 6 infections”. Clin Microbiol Rev. 28 (2): 313–35. doi:10.1128/CMR.00122-14. PMC 4402955. PMID 25762531.

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