Open AccessUse of Healthy-Donor Granulocyte Transfusions to Treat Infections in Neutropenic Patients with Myeloid or Lymphoid Neoplasms: Experience in 74 Patients Treated with 373 Granulocyte Transfusions
Author(s) -
Amar Safdar,
Gilhen Rodriguez,
Jorge M. Zuñiga,
Fadi Al Akhrass,
Anupam Pande
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta haematologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1421-9662
pISSN - 0001-5792
DOI - 10.1159/000351174
Subject(s) - medicine , neutropenia , discontinuation , gastroenterology , granulocyte , granulocyte colony stimulating factor , confidence interval , leukopenia , chemotherapy
Despite limited evidence for efficacy, granulocyte transfusions (GTX) are used to prevent and treat opportunistic infections in patients with neutropenia.
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