Treatment of adenovirus-associated haemorrhagic cystitis with ganciclovir.
We report a 47-year-old bone marrow transplant recipient with haemorrhagic cystitis caused by adenovirus successfully treated with ganciclovir. This is the first report on the use of ganciclovir for the successful treatment of adenoviral infection. Shell vial culture may be more sensitive than conventional culture in the detection of adenovirus in such patients.
Chen
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Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.
Liang
R H
RH
Lo
J Y
JY
Yuen
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KY
Chan
T K
TK
Peiris
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D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000652:urine; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003556:Cystitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D015774:Ganciclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006470:Hemorrhage; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D015774:Ganciclovir