How Does Influenza A (H1N1) Infection Proceed in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients?

The clinical course of influenza A (H1N1) infection in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT)recipients is not clearly known. We report 3 AHSCT recipients that were infected with influenza A (H1N1). Each of thepatients had a different hematological disease and was at a different...

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Autores principales: Bozdağ, Sinem Civriz, Bozkurt, Gülden, Topçuoğlu, Pervin, Azap, Alpay, Özcan, Muhit, Konuk, Nahide, Arslan, Önder
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3986770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24744625
http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/tjh.2011.74
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Sumario:The clinical course of influenza A (H1N1) infection in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT)recipients is not clearly known. We report 3 AHSCT recipients that were infected with influenza A (H1N1). Each of thepatients had a different hematological disease and was at a different post-transplantation stages. All the patients weretreated with oseltamivir, and zanamivir was switched to oseltamivir in 1 patient. All the patients survived without anycomplications. The course of swine flu can vary and progress with bacterial or other viral infections in immunosuppressedpatients.

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