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ArticleThe World Allergy Organization journal2009

Chronic human herpes virus 8 infection successfully treated with valganciclovir.

James J Yun, Veronica Preda, Brad Frankum

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Article in The World Allergy Organization journal, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

James J YunFrom the 1Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Campbelltown NSW, Australia; 2University of Western Sydney, Sydney NSW, Australia; and 3St Vincent's Hospital, Department of Dermatology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Veronica Preda
Brad Frankum
Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals · AUSydney South West Area Health Service · AUUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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PMID23283061
PMCPMC3651015
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