Vasil Toskov, Annamaria Cseh, Alexander Claviez, Beatrice Drexler, Natalia Rotari, Stephan Schwarz-Furlan, Matthias Braun, Peter Bader, Peter Lang, Rita Beier, Bernhard Erdlenbruch, Monika Führer, Miriam Erlacher, Charlotte M Niemeyer, Brigitte Strahm, Ayami Yoshimi
We report 5 children with bone marrow failure (BMF) after primary varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection or VZV vaccination, highlighting the highly variable course. Two patients were treated with intravenous immunoglobulins; one had a slow hematologic recovery, and the other was rescued by allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Of the 2 patients treated with immunosuppressive therapy with antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine, one had a complete response, and the other was transplanted for nonresponse...
April 23, 2024: Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology