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Human herpes virus 6
Introduction
Treatment
Treatment
- Human herpesvirus 6 treatment[1]
- Preferred regimen: Ganciclovir, Foscarnet OR Cidofovir
- Note (1): Fever & rash documented in transplant patients .
- Note (2): Reactivation in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients
Reference
Reference
- ↑ Tong LX, Worswick SD (2015). “Viral infections in acute graft-versus-host disease: a review of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches”. J Am Acad Dermatol. 72 (4): 696–702. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2014.12.002. PMID 25582535.