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Aspirin, prednisolone, and colchicine resolve acute HHV-6 pericarditis in a one-year-old infant.
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May expand pericarditis differential in infants; hypothesis-generating for HHV-6 causality and therapy, needing prospective confirmation.
Fujita et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Acute pericarditis associated with exanthema subitum (HHV-6 infection) (n=1). Aspirin, prednisolone, and colchicine was evaluated on Resolution of pericardial effusion. A one-year-old girl with exanthema subitum developed acute pericarditis caused by human herpesvirus 6, which was successfully treated with aspirin, prednisolone, and colchicine.
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