Infections in bone marrow transplant recipients in south India--a post-mortem study.
A study of post-mortem material obtained from ten patients who had undergone bone marrow transplantation is presented. The cause of death in all patients was infection. Six patients had fungal infection, two had bacterial infection and three had cytomegalovirus infection. Pneumocystis carinii and tuberculous infections were not detected.
Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India.
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Ramani
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Krishnaswami
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Srivastava
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Dennison
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Chandy
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000473:pathology; D006486:Hemosiderosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology