Human Herpesvirus 6-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Healthy Adult

Tanaka, Hiroshi; Nishimura, Tetsuo; Hakui, Mikiko; Sugimoto, Hisashi; Tanaka-Taya, Keiko; Yamanishi, Koichi

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Human Herpesvirus 6-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Healthy Adult

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Jan 2002
By Tanaka, Hiroshi ; Nishimura, Tetsuo ; Hakui, Mikiko ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Tanaka, Hiroshi ; Nishimura, Tetsuo ; Hakui, Mikiko ; Sugimoto, Hisashi ; Tanaka-Taya, Keiko ; Yamanishi, Koichi
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Virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome is a fulminant disorder associated with systemic viral infection and characterized pathologically by multiple-organ infiltration of hemophagocytic histiocytes into the lymphoreticular tissues. This is the first report of a previously healthy adult in whom Human herpesvirus 6 reactivation induced this syndrome with severe hemodynamic and respiratory distress.
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Adult Antibodies, Viral Dispatch Erythrocytes G-CSF Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Herpesvirus 6, Human Histiocytes Human Herpesvirus 6 Humans Male Pancytopenia Phagocytosis Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult Roseolovirus Infections Syndrome
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Emerg Infect Dis. 8(1):87-88.
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8
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1
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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