Abstract
We report an 8-year-old boy with disseminated, life-threatening, drug treatment-resistant varicella zoster infection occurring during standard treatment for neuroblastoma in whom viral clearance and cure was effected by donor Lymphocyte infusion from his HLA (Human leukocyte antigen)-identical twin sibling.
MeSH terms
-
Child
-
Drug Resistance, Viral*
-
Herpes Zoster / therapy*
-
Herpes Zoster / virology
-
Herpesvirus 3, Human / drug effects
-
Herpesvirus 3, Human / isolation & purification
-
Humans
-
Immunotherapy, Adoptive / methods*
-
Lymphocytes / immunology*
-
Male
-
Neuroblastoma / complications*
-
Neuroblastoma / therapy
-
Treatment Outcome