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Chronic human herpes virus 8 infection successfully treated with valganciclovir
James J Yun1, Veronica Preda, Brad Frankum
1From the 1Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Campbelltown NSW, Australia; 2University of Western Sydney, Sydney NSW, Australia; and 3St Vincent's Hospital, Department of Dermatology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Background:
: A 57 year old Italian female with a 3 year history of constituitional symptoms with non-HIV Kaposi sarcoma was referred to the immunology clinic. She was previously diagnosed with chronic human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) infection with positive HHV8 polymerase chain reaction in serum.
Objective:
: Is valganciclovir effective in treating chronic human herpes virus 8 infection without Multicentric Castleman's Disease (MCD)?
Results:
: She was started on valganciclovir, resulting in remission of her symptoms, improvement in inflammatory markers and clearing of detectable HHV8 viraemia
Conclusion:
: Valganciclovir is effective in treating symptomatic HHV8 infections without MCD.
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