AIMS/BACKGROUND Human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6) is the aetiological agent of exanthem subitum, and has also been linked with a variety of other diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of HHV-6 in pneumonitis in children. METHODS Formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded lung tissue from 33 children (age range two months to 16 years) who died with pneumonitis was subjected to ...

Miliaria is a disorder of the eccrine sweat glands which occurs in conditions of increased heat and humidity. It can be associated with persistent febrile states as well as with certain drugs. We presented a 40 year-old female with myelodysplastic syndrome and progression to acute myelogenous leukemia who was admitted to the hospital for chemotherapy induction. The patient was treated with idar...

Human herpes virus type 6 (HHV-6) was first detected by Salahuddin et al. [6] and has been isolated from patients with lymphoproliferative and immunosuppressive conditions. HHV -6 is the causative agent of exanthem subitum and the majority of the adult popUlation has been infected with this virus. HHV -6 is able to grow in lymphoblastoid cell lines. Previous studies have shown that coinfection ...

BACKGROUND Neurologic complications can occur with varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection, usually after vesicular exanthem. A review of the literature revealed 3 cases of viral meningitis associated with 6th nerve palsy but without significantly increased intracranial pressure. CASE REPORT We report a case of a previously healthy 15-year-old girl with aseptic meningitis as a result of reacti...

This case series describes morbilliform and other rash presentations among schoolchildren during a March 2014 outbreak of influenza-like illness (ILI) in British Columbia, Canada. Multiplex nucleic acid testing of nasopharyngeal specimens and paired serologic investigations identified that influenza B, characterized as B/Massachusetts/02/2012-like (Yamagata-lineage), was the only viral aetiolog...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical, pathologic, and epidemiologic features of asymmetric periflexural exanthem of childhood (APEC), a clinically distinctive eruption, especially its link with pityriasis rosea and pattern of transmission. DESIGN A prospective case series, including an analysis of epidemiologic triggering factors and mode of transmission. Pathologic study, including immunohistoch...