title: Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection Presenting as an Acute Febrile Illness Associated with Thrombocytopenia and Leukopenia.
abstract: We present an infant with acute fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia, coming from an endemic region for tick-borne encephalitis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and hantavirus infection. The primary human herpesvirus 6 infection was diagnosed by seroconversion of specific IgM and IgG and by identification of viral DNA in the acute patient's serum. The patient did not show skin rash suggestive of exanthema subitum during the course of illness.
authors.affiliation: University Medical Center Ljubljana, Japljeva 2, SI-1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Maja
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2025-3606
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arnež
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Avšič-Županc
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uršič
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrovec