Human Herpesvirus 6 is Associated with Status Epilepticus and Hyponatremia after Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation

Status epilepticus after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) is rare. The authors report a case involving a 65-year-old man with nonconvulsive status epilepticus 34 days after umbilical cord blood transplantion for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Cerebrospinal fluid and serum were...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Leite de Souza Franceschi, Jaime Green, Zuzan Cayci, Evan Mariash, Mustapha Ezzeddine, Veronika Bachanova, Celalettin Ustun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/392720