Severe acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus 1 infection following cord blood transplantation

Int J Hematol. 2018 Sep;108(3):237-238. doi: 10.1007/s12185-018-2480-9. Epub 2018 Jun 19.

Authors

Tomonari Shigemura¹, Yozo Nakazawa², Tomoki Yoshikawa³, Hikaru Fujii³, Souichi Yamada³, Masayuki Saijo³, Ryuhei Okuyama⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1, Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan.
² Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1, Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan. yxnakaza@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
³ Herpes Virus Laboratory, Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.

PMID: 29923124
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-018-2480-9

No abstract available

Keywords: Acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus 1; Cord blood transplantation; Foscarnet; Skin lesion.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acyclovir / pharmacology*
Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Antiviral Agents / pharmacology
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
Drug Resistance, Viral*
Herpes Simplex / drug therapy
Herpes Simplex / etiology*
Herpes Simplex / virology
Herpesvirus 1, Human
Humans

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Acyclovir