Human herpesvirus-6B infection in pediatric allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: Risk factors and encephalitis.

Hiroki MiuraYoshiki KawamuraFumihiko HattoriMakito TanakaKazuko KudoMasaru IhiraHiroshi YatsuyaYoshiyuki TakahashiSeiji KojimaHirotoshi SakaguchiNao YoshidaAsahito HamaTetsushi Yoshikawa

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2019)

Hematological malignancy, solid tumor, unrelated donor, and sex-mismatched donor were significant risk factors for HHV-6B infection after pediatric allo-HSCT. In pediatric allo-HSCT patients, the incidence of HHV-6B encephalitis was low and the clinical features differed from those in adult patients.

Keyphrases

risk factors
end stage renal disease
hematopoietic stem cell
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
endothelial cells