Human herpesvirus-6 DNAemia in immunosuppressed adult patients with leukemia at risk for mold infection

Roy F. Chemaly; Harrys A. Torres; Ray Hachem; Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis; Amar Safdar; Issam I. Raad

doi:10.3324/haematol.11638

Human herpesvirus-6 DNAemia in immunosuppressed adult patients with leukemia at risk for mold infection

Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health

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Abstract

Little is known about human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) in leukemia patients. We prospectively followed 37 leukemia patients at risk for mold infection. HHV-6 DNA was detected from whole blood specimens in 11 patients (30%). History of granulocyte transfusions (p=0.05) and prior relapse of leukemia (p=0.07) were the only independent predictors of HHV-6 DNAemia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	157-158
Number of pages	2
Journal	Haematologica
Volume	93
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.11638
State	Published - Jan 2008

Keywords

DNAemia
Granulocytes transfusion
Human herpesvirus-6
Leukemia
Polymerase chain reaction

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Hematology

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Human herpesvirus-6 DNAemia in immunosuppressed adult patients with leukemia at risk for mold infection

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