Fatal upper and lower gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease following autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-132

  Perez Ceballos, E ^a   Vallejo, C ^a   Cano, H ^a   Ayala, F ^a   Martinez F ^a   Moraleda, J M ^a   Vicente, V ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; BuMelTT; Cytomegalovirus disease; Gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BUSULFAN; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MELPHALAN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; THIOTEPA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BUSULFAN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MELPHALAN; MIDDLE AGED; THIOTEPA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0035130056     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2001.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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