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ArticleEJHaem2024

Successful treatment of acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus infection with amenamevir in a patient who received umbilical cord blood transplantation for T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia.

Yuma Kawamura, Nako Uchibori, Tomoya Arakawa, Tomoki Fujii, Shuto Negishi, Shiori Morikawa, Nobuaki Fukushima, Akio Kohno, Souichi Yamada, Yoshiko Fukui and 2 more

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Article in EJHaem, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Yuma KawamuraDepartment of Hematology and Oncology Konan Kosei Hospital Konan Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8864-6933
Nako UchiboriDepartment of Dermatology Konan Kosei Hospital Konan Japan.
Tomoya ArakawaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology Konan Kosei Hospital Konan Japan.
Tomoki FujiiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology Konan Kosei Hospital Konan Japan.
Shuto NegishiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology Konan Kosei Hospital Konan Japan.
Shiori MorikawaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology Konan Kosei Hospital Konan Japan.
Nobuaki FukushimaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology Konan Kosei Hospital Konan Japan.
Akio KohnoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology Konan Kosei Hospital Konan Japan.
Souichi YamadaDepartment of Virology 1 National Institute of Infectious Diseases Tokyo Japan.
Yoshiko FukuiDepartment of Virology 1 National Institute of Infectious Diseases Tokyo Japan.
Shuetsu FukushiDepartment of Virology 1 National Institute of Infectious Diseases Tokyo Japan.
Kazutaka OzekiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology Konan Kosei Hospital Konan Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 34-year-old woman received umbilical cord blood transplantation for refractory T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia after salvage therapy with alemtuzumab. She developed right angular cheilitis on the 46th day after transplantation, which worsened after receiving systemic steroid therapy for extensive chronic graft versus host disease. The treatment dosage of acyclovir (ACV), ganciclovir, and vidarabine ointment was not effective due to ACV-resistant mutations of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in the thymidine kinase domain. Foscarnet is expected to be effective against ACV-resistant HSV-1 infection. However, it could not be used because the patient developed renal dysfunction. Several viral thymidine kinase mutations related to ACV resistance were found in the patient's sample. Nevertheless, amenamevir, a helicase-primase complex inhibitor, was effective in our patient who was significantly immunocompromised after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). ACV-resistant HSV infection after allo-HSCT is an rare but important complication in the era of low-dose long-term ACV prophylaxis. To date, there is no established treatment against ACV-resistant HSV infection. This case report showed that amenamevir could be a promising treatment option for ACV-resistant HSV infection in patients with renal failure after allo-HSCT.

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acycloviralemutuzumabamenamevircord blood stem cell transplantationfoscarnetherpes simplexhomologousleukemiaprolymphocyticsimplex virusT‐Celltransplantation

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PMID38895086
PMCPMC11182414

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