Human Herpesvirus 6-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome in a Healthy Adult

Abstract

Virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome is a fulminant disorder associated with systemic viral infection and characterized pathologically by multiple-organ infiltration of hemophagocytic histiocytes into the lymphoreticular tissues. This is the first report of a previously healthy adult in whom Human herpesvirus 6 reactivation induced this syndrome with severe hemodynamic and respiratory distress.

Keywords

• Human herpesvirus 6
• virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome
• G-CSF
• Japan