Successful treatment of cytomegalovirus encephalitis in a patient with Hodgkin's disease in remission.
Cytomegalovirus encephalitis is a rare but life-threatening infection in non-AIDS patients. To our knowledge, no case that followed conventional treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma has been reported. We present a patient with Hodgkin's disease in complete remission after combined modality treatment who was succesfully treated with a combination of ganciclovir and foscarnet.
Van Droogenbroeck
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Antwerp University Hospital, Division of Hematology, Edegem, Belgium. Jan.Van.Droogenbroeck@uza.uia.ac.be
De Ceuninck
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Snoeck
H W
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Schroyens
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Berneman
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D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D017245:Foscarnet / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015774:Ganciclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction
D000998:Antiviral Agents; D017245:Foscarnet; D015774:Ganciclovir