title: Infection after autologous blood-derived stem cell transplantation.
abstract: Ten patients who underwent autologous blood-derived stem cell transplantation (APBSCT) were studied retrospectively to determine the frequency and outcome of transplant associated infections during the hemopoietic reconstitution. Six patients developed an infection after transplant. Severe bacterial infections were unfrequent and mostly caused by gram-positive cocci. In no case pneumonia was observed and this scarce morbility of infection could be the result of early engraftment. None of them died for infection. The frequency of infections in APBSCT patients appears lower than the one observed in autologous bone marrow transplant patients.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Ematologia e Centro Trasfusionale, Ospedale Civile, Pescara, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Antonio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iacone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fioritoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dragani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Betti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Bartolomeo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Bartolomeo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Accorsi
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Quaglietta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies