Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Caused by Human Herpes Virus 6B Infection in Adults:Report of One Case.
10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.16029
- Author:
Qi YAN
1
;
Zhang HONG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Critical Care Medicine,The Second Hospital,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730030,China.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
human herpes virus 6;
infection;
multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
- MeSH:
Adult;
Humans;
Herpesvirus 6, Human;
Multiple Organ Failure/etiology*;
Roseolovirus Infections/complications*
- From:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
2025;47(1):150-154
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) infection generally occurs in infancy,and the virus is mostly latent in monocytes and macrophages in the peripheral blood.HHV-6 is reactivated when the immune function is suppressed.HHV-6 DNA can be detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in more than 80% of healthy adults in China,while the incidence is low in the adults with normal immune functions.This paper reports a case of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome caused by HHV-6B infection in an adult with normal immune functions.High-throughput sequencing revealed the presence of HHV-6B with high confidence in blood and cerebrospinal fluid.
