1. Human herpesvirus-6 viremia is not associated with poor clinical outcomes in children following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
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Violago L, Jin Z, Bhatia M, Rustia E, Kung AL, Foca MD, George D, Garvin JH, Sosna J, Robinson C, Karamehmet E, and Satwani P
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- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Delayed Graft Function virology, Female, Humans, Incidence, Infant, Male, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, Roseolovirus Infections diagnosis, Roseolovirus Infections epidemiology, Transplantation, Homologous, Viremia diagnosis, Viremia epidemiology, Young Adult, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Herpesvirus 6, Human isolation & purification, Postoperative Complications diagnosis, Postoperative Complications epidemiology, Roseolovirus Infections etiology, Viremia etiology
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HHV-6 is an evolving pathogen in the field of AlloHCT. However, the impact of HHV-6 on AlloHCT outcomes remains to be elucidated. We studied the incidence and clinical impact of HHV-6 viremia in children following AlloHCT. One hundred consecutive children were monitored weekly by plasma PCR for the first 180 days following AlloHCT for HHV-6, CMV, EBV, and ADV. HHV-6 viremia was defined as plasma PCR >1000 viral copies/mL. The median age was nine yr. Following AlloHCT, 19% (95% CI 11.3-26.7%) of patients had HHV-6 viremia, with the highest incidence of reactivation (14/19, 73%) occurring during day +15-day +98. The proportion of platelet engraftment by day +180 was lower in patients with HHV-6 viremia (58%) than in those without HHV-6 viremia (82%), p = 0.028. Delay in neutrophil and platelet engraftment was not associated with HHV-6 viremia in multivariate analysis. Similarly, HHV-6 viremia was not associated with TRM in multivariate analysis (p = 0.15). In summary, HHV-6 viremia is prevalent in pediatric AlloHCT recipients. Based on our study results, we recommend that HHV-6 PCR should only be performed on clinical suspicion., (© 2015 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2015
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