Epstein-Barr infection after bone marrow transplantation.

نویسندگان

  • H E Heslop
  • C Li
  • R A Krance
  • S K Loftin
  • C M Rooney
چکیده

To the Editor: Antiviral agents including Acyclovir have been ineffective for this complication because they affect only the replicative phase of EBV Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) lymphoproliferation is now a signifiinfection and cannot modify the growth oftransformed B cells. Oetcant cause of morbidity and mortality after mismatched family or tle et a l l recently reported a patient who developed evidence ofEBV matched unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation (BMT). infection after a BMT from a mismatched sibling. Resolution was

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Blood

دوره 83 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1994