Pulmonary disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation--a case report and literature review.
- Author:
Bo CHEN
1
;
De-pei WU
;
Ai-ning SUN
;
Hui-ying QIU
;
Zheng-zheng FU
;
Xiao-wen TANG
;
Xiao MA
;
Zheng-ming JIN
;
Miao MIAO
;
Guang-sheng HE
;
Yue-jun LIU
;
Ye ZHAO
;
Xiao-jin WU
;
Xia-ming ZHU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH: Adult; Catheterization; adverse effects; Female; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; adverse effects; Humans; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; therapy; Mycobacterium Infections; classification; etiology; Respiratory Tract Infections; etiology; Transplantation, Homologous
- From: Chinese Journal of Hematology 2004;25(8):470-472
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo report a case with pulmonary disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), with a literature review.
METHODSCase report and literature review.
RESULTSA patient with acute non-lymphocytic leukemia was treated by allo-HSCT. Her NTM lung disease developed after HSCT was successfully treated with a 3 antimicrobials combination of clarithromycin, levofloxacin and capreomycin for 10 months.
CONCLUSIONNTM infections are infrequent in allo-HSCT recipients and have a good clinical prognosis if correctly treated.
