title: Bone marrow transplantation in Malaysia.
abstract: The sole BMT centre in Malaysia caters only for children. Since 1987, 89 transplants have been performed using reverse barrier nursing techniques. The overall survival rate is 73% with the majority of survivors leading normal lives. The early and late infection rates of 46% and 13%, respectively, are comparable to those of other centres. Although the early septicaemia rate is 36% the immediate mortality rate is < 10%. GVHD is less frequent and severe and the interstitial pneumonitis rate lower than that in the West. The average cost of US $8000 per transplant is much lower than the cost of a transplant performed overseas. Thus we believe that our paediatric BMT programme is simple and cost-effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Ariffin
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs