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Triple opportunistic pulmonary cavitary disease after cord blood transplantation
Author(s) -
Kaneko T.,
Milner D.A.,
Marty F.M.,
Colson Y.L.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12279
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , opportunistic infection , cord blood , leukemia , infectious disease (medical specialty) , transplantation , cytomegalovirus , immunology , intensive care medicine , disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , viral disease , herpesviridae
Opportunistic infectious diseases in patients are variable and depend on the host as well as the type of immunosuppression. Cord blood transplant recipients appear to be particularly vulnerable to infectious complications. Sequential or concurrent opportunistic infectious diseases can be particularly difficult to manage and have increased mortality. We present a young patient, status post cord blood transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia, who developed a large pulmonary mass‐like infection with A spergillus , cytomegalovirus, and M ycobacterium avium complex. Radiological, surgical, and pathological features are described.