INFECTION OF HUMAN HERPES VIRUS TYPE 6 IN CHILDREN WITH PYELONEPHRITIS

The authors studied the incidence of detection of human herpes virus type 6 (HHV 6) infection markers in 207 children aged from 1 year to 7 years (126 children with acute pyelonephritis and 81 child in the control group with no signs of urinary tract infection). It was found out that of all the chil...

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Main Authors: Т. V. Barkhatova, N. E. Senyagina, V. V. Krasnov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: LLC "Diagnostics and Vaccines" 2015-08-01
Series:Детские инфекции (Москва)
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Online Access:https://detinf.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/5
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Summary:The authors studied the incidence of detection of human herpes virus type 6 (HHV 6) infection markers in 207 children aged from 1 year to 7 years (126 children with acute pyelonephritis and 81 child in the control group with no signs of urinary tract infection). It was found out that of all the children studied ≥ 89,2% of the patients with acute pyelonephritis and ≥ 65,3% of the children without urinary tract infection are infected with HHV 6. The characteristic of HHV — 6 infection in children with acute pyelonephritis is the presence of active viral replication with the presence of HHV 6 DNA in the blood. This fact indicates the risk of repeated episodes of the disease and is the condition for administration of antiviral and / or immunotropic therapy. The authors proved low predictive value of HHV 6 DNA detection in urine of children with acute pyelonephritis.
ISSN:2072-8107