Severe encephalomyelitis in an immunocompetent adult with chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6 and clinical response to treatment with foscarnet plus ganciclovir.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on December 15, 2008

Authors

Stephanie B Troy1, Brian G Blackburn, Kristen Yeom, Anna K Finley Caulfield, Munveer S Bhangoo, Jose G Montoya

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5107, USA. sbtroy@stanford.edu

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