HHV-6 infection - not only tertian fever.
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges
; 7(3): 234-6, 2009 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-18761611
ABSTRACT
The primary infection with the human herpesvirus (HHV) 6 usually occurs before the age of two (95%) and clinically either presents as tertian fever followed by exanthem subitum (10%) or even more often as febrile disease without an exanthem. In adults an active HHV-6 infection can present as febrile illness. A 19-year-old immunocompetent patient presented with high fever, exanthem, swelling of the lymph nodes and pancytopenia and was serologically diagnosed as active HHV-6 infection with anti- HHV-6-IgM- and -IgG antibodies. Since the antibodies were already detectable on day 5 of disease, with persistence of high IgG and undetectable IgM after 4 weeks, a reactivation seemed most likely. There was no evidence for an underlying immunosuppressive disease or reactivation induced by viral co-infection. Fulminant hepatitis or meningoencephalitis are the most frequent complications in immunocompetent individuals and have to be recognized at an early stage.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Herpesvirus Humano 6
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Infecções por Roseolovirus
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Exantema Súbito
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Febre de Causa Desconhecida
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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De
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En
Revista:
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges
Assunto da revista:
DERMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Áustria