title: Clinical efficacy and prediction of response to granulocyte transfusion therapy for patients with neutropenia-related infections.
abstract: We investigated the efficacy of transfusing granulocytes into 32 patients with severe neutropenia-related infections and the factors that predict response to this therapy. Our findings suggest that granulocyte transfusion therapy is useful for treating neutropenic patients with fungal infections and that 99mTc-HMPAO-granulocyte scintigraphy can be used to predict response to granulocyte transfusion therapy.
authors.forename: Je-Jung
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ho-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Ik-Joo
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Hee-Seung
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bom
authors.forename: Duck
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hyeoung-Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D017708:Leukocyte Transfusion; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy*; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000382:microbiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome