PMID- 8668853
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19960806
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 0882-0546 (Print)
IS  - 0882-0546 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 4
DP  - 1995 Dec
TI  - Human herpesvirus 6 as a possible cause of pneumonia.
PG  - 254-8
AB  - Case reports and limited retrospective studies have established that human 
      herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) can be found in lung tissues from patients with pneumonia. 
      Most cases of HHV-6-associated pneumonia involve immunocompromised patients, 
      especially those who have received a bone marrow transplant or who have been 
      infected by the human immunodeficiency virus. Additional data suggest that HHV-6 
      commonly reactivates in immunosuppressed individuals. The virus has been 
      identified in a variety of organ systems, including the respiratory tract, 
      without associated pathology. A better understanding of HHV-6 pathogenesis is 
      needed before rational clinical intervention for HHV-6-associated pneumonias can 
      be implemented.
FAU - Cone, R W
AU  - Cone RW
AD  - Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Semin Respir Infect
JT  - Seminars in respiratory infections
JID - 8700961
SB  - IM
MH  - Bone Marrow Transplantation/adverse effects
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - HIV Infections/complications
MH  - Herpesvirus 6, Human/isolation & purification/*pathogenicity
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Immunocompromised Host
MH  - Immunosuppression Therapy/adverse effects
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis/*virology
RF  - 32
EDAT- 1995/12/01 00:00
MHDA- 1995/12/01 00:01
CRDT- 1995/12/01 00:00
PHST- 1995/12/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1995/12/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1995/12/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Semin Respir Infect. 1995 Dec;10(4):254-8.