Emerg Infect DisEIDEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control and Prevention257090407-0651110.3201/eid1404.0706511ResearchCME ACTIVITY: β-Herpesviruses in Febrile Children with Cancer42008144578578β-Herpesviruses in Febrile Children with Cancer

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Identify common infections associated with β-herpesviruses

Specify β-herpesviruses isolated from children in the current study

Describe clinical characteristics of β-herpesvirus infections in the current study

List factors associated with higher rates of infection with human herpesvirus in the current study

Editor

D. Peter Drotman, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Emerging Infectious Diseases. Disclosure: D. Peter Drotman, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

CME Author

Charles P. Vega, MD, Associate Professor; Residency Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine. Disclosure: Charles P. Vega, MD, has disclosed that he has served as an advisor or consultant to Novartis, Inc

Authors

Stephanie Yee-Guardino, DO, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Stephanie Yee-Guardino, DO, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Kate Gowans, MD, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Kate Gowans, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD, Laboratory Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD, has disclosed that she has received reagents at no charge from ARTUS Diagnostics.

Pamela Berk, BS, Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Pamela Berk, BS, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Debra Kohn, BS, MT, Laboratory Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Debra Kohn, BS, MT, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Fu-Zhang Wang, PhD, Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research, Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Fu-Zhang Wang, PhD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio; Departments of Infectious Diseases, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Camille Sabella, MD, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio; Departments of Infectious Diseases, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Camille Sabella, MD, has disclosed that she has received grants from Merck, Inc. and Sanofi Pasteur.

Sarah Worley, MS, Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Sarah Worley, MS, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Philip E. Pellett, PhD, Departments of Infectious Diseases, Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Philip E. Pellett, PhD, has disclosed that he has received royalties from Chemicon International.

Johanna Goldfarb, MD, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio; Departments of Infectious Diseases, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Disclosure: Johanna Goldfarb, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships..

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CME Questions

Which of the following statements about β-herpesviruses is most accurate?

A. Infection is not common until late adolescence

B. Infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) promotes symptoms similar to mononucleosis

C. Human herpesvirus (HHV)-6B is the cause of fifth disease

D. HHV-7 is the virus responsible for most cases of roseola

Which of the following β-herpesviruses were detected in the patient cohort of the current study?

A. HHV-6B and HHV-6A

B. CMV and HHV-7

C. HHV-6B and CMV

D. HHV-6A and HHV-7

Which of the following statements about infection data in the current study is most accurate?

A. The etiology of most patients’ fever was discovered during hospitalization

B. Infection with β-herpesviruses occurred at a higher frequency among children with cancer compared with those with solid organ transplant

C. Fever was generally higher among children infected with β-herpesviruses

D. HHV-6B infection was likely a reactivation of previous infection among cancer patients

Which cancer factors promoted infection with HHV-6B in the current study?

A. Solid organ tumor and over 6 months since the initiation of immune suppression

B. Solid organ tumor and less than 6 months since the initiation of immune suppression

C. Leukemia and less than 6 months since the initiation of immune suppression

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