Case reportSimultaneous human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome in a patient after matched unrelated donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Tomaszewska A, Nasilowska-Adamska B, Dzieciatkowski T, Marianska B. Case reportSimultaneous human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome in a patient after matched unrelated donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Archives of Medical Science. 2010;6(2):288-290. doi:10.5114/aoms.2010.13912.
APA
Tomaszewska, A., Nasilowska-Adamska, B., Dzieciatkowski, T., & Marianska, B. (2010). Case reportSimultaneous human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome in a patient after matched unrelated donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Archives of Medical Science, 6(2), 288-290. https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2010.13912
Chicago
Tomaszewska, Agnieszka, Barbara Nasilowska-Adamska, Tomasz Dzieciatkowski, and Bozena Marianska. 2010. "Case reportSimultaneous human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome in a patient after matched unrelated donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation". Archives of Medical Science 6 (2): 288-290. doi:10.5114/aoms.2010.13912.
Harvard
Tomaszewska, A., Nasilowska-Adamska, B., Dzieciatkowski, T., and Marianska, B. (2010). Case reportSimultaneous human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome in a patient after matched unrelated donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Archives of Medical Science, 6(2), pp.288-290. https://doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2010.13912
MLA
Tomaszewska, Agnieszka et al. "Case reportSimultaneous human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome in a patient after matched unrelated donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation." Archives of Medical Science, vol. 6, no. 2, 2010, pp. 288-290. doi:10.5114/aoms.2010.13912.
Vancouver
Tomaszewska A, Nasilowska-Adamska B, Dzieciatkowski T, Marianska B. Case reportSimultaneous human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome in a patient after matched unrelated donor haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Archives of Medical Science. 2010;6(2):288-290. doi:10.5114/aoms.2010.13912.
Viral infections are still a serious diagnostic and therapeutic problem in patients undergoing alternative donor transplants. β-Herpesviruses (especially human herpesvirus type 5, 6 and 7) are recognized pathogens in this group of patients and may cause central nervous system disease. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a very rare complication among stem cell transplant recipients and usually has been attributed to infection. We report a case of resolving simultaneous GBS and HHV-6-associated encephalitis in a haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient with preceding reactivation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. According to our knowledge this well-documented case is probably the first report from Poland.
Keywords
human herpesvirus-6, encephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
