Chronic Human Herpes Virus 8 Infection Successfully Treated With Valganciclovir
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BACKGROUND : A 57 year old Italian female with a 3 year history of constituitional symptoms with non-HIV Kaposi sarcoma was referred to the immunology clinic. She was previously diagnosed with chronic human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) infection with positive HHV8 polymerase chain reaction in serum. OBJECTIVE : Is valganciclovir effective in treating chronic human herpes virus 8 infection without Multicentric Castleman's Disease (MCD)? RESULTS : She was started on valganciclovir, resulting in remission of her symptoms, improvement in inflammatory markers and clearing of detectable HHV8 viraemia CONCLUSION : Valganciclovir is effective in treating symptomatic HHV8 infections without MCD.
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