Clinical Study

New Rising Infection: Human Herpesvirus 6 Is Frequent in Myeloma Patients Undergoing Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation after Induction Therapy with Bortezomib

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of screened patients ( ) dependent on induction therapy.

VD
( )
TD
( )

Sex (male)9 (50%)4 (50%)
Median age, years (range)55 (35–67)54 (45–63)n.s.
Disease status CR; 2
PR: 1PR: 5
VGPR: 9VGPR: 2
Unknown: 6Unknown: 1
Median time from diagnosis to SCT, months (range)7 (5–28)9.5 (7–24)n.s.
Median accumulative steroid dosage, mg (range)640 (480–3680)880 (320–4320)0.022