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Case Reports
. 2000 Oct;26(8):903-5.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702591.

Treatment of an acyclovir and foscarnet-resistant herpes simplex virus infection with cidofovir in a child after an unrelated bone marrow transplant

N Blot  1 , P Schneider, P Young, C Janvresse, D Dehesdin, P Tron, J P Vannier
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Treatment of an acyclovir and foscarnet-resistant herpes simplex virus infection with cidofovir in a child after an unrelated bone marrow transplant

N Blot et al. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2000 Oct.

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes serious problems in immuno-compromised patients such as those receiving a bone marrow transplant (BMT) for a hematological malignancy. Resistance to acyclovir (ACV) is a growing major concern. Foscarnet is a non-thymidine kinase-dependent agent, but the emergence of ACV and foscarnet-resistant HSV requires a new therapeutic approach. We describe a girl treated with cidofovir for a life-threatening ACV-resistant HSV infection after an unrelated BMT for a relapse of an acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML).

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