DUAL INFECTION WITH HUMAN HERPESVIRUS TYPE-6 AND PARVOVIRUS B19 IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

Authors
ALKHALDI N WATSON AR HARRIS A IRVING WL
Citation
N. Alkhaldi et al., DUAL INFECTION WITH HUMAN HERPESVIRUS TYPE-6 AND PARVOVIRUS B19 IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT, Pediatric nephrology, 8(3), 1994, pp. 349-350
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Pediatric nephrology
ISSN journal
0931041X → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
349 - 350
Database
ISI
SICI code
0931-041X(1994)8:3<349:DIWHHT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A 7-year-old boy developed intermittent fever and rashes 2 weeks after anti-lymphocyte globulin therapy for a transplant rejection episode. Dual infection with parvovirus B19 and human herpesvirus type 6 was su ggested by serological tests. Neither virus has been reported previous ly in a symptomatic paediatric renal transplant recipient.