title: Delay in platelet recovery after bone marrow transplantation: impact of cytomegalovirus infection.
abstract: The effect of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection on hematopoietic recovery after marrow-ablative chemoradiotherapy followed by autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT) was studied in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of high-grade malignancy and in patients with acute leukemia. The recovery of platelets after autologous BMT occurred significantly quicker in CMV-negative patients than in CMV-positive patients (platelets greater than 50,000 per cubic millimeter after 21 1/2 v 40 days, respectively). No differences in the recovery of neutrophils were found between those with or without CMV infection. CMV-positive patients required significantly more transfusion support with thrombocyte concentrates than CMV-negative patients (three v six thrombocyte concentrates). In conclusion, CMV infections do not influence neutrophil recovery but do delay platelet recovery. As a consequence, patients with a CMV infection, whether primary, reactivated, or latent, require more thrombocyte concentrates, which increases the risk of transfusion-related infections.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000166:cytology*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000097:blood*; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000628:therapy; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012038:Regeneration; D013997:Time Factors