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Paradoxical immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with disseminated tuberculosis infection in an unrelated donor cord blood transplant recipient
Author(s) -
Lee Yeon Joo,
Bacchus Melissa,
Schmidt Elizabeth,
Chawla Mohit,
Barker Juliet N.,
Papanicolaou Genovefa A.
Publication year - 2018
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.12889
Subject(s) - medicine , immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome , immunology , tuberculosis , immune system , latent tuberculosis , umbilical cord , cord blood , mycobacterium tuberculosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , antiretroviral therapy , viral load
Tuberculosis ( TB ) is an infrequent infection after hematopoietic cell transplant ( HCT ), with associated mortality up to 30%. The utility of universal screening for latent TB in HCT candidates is controversial due to the lack of sensitive screening tests. We describe a case of disseminated TB infection complicated by immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an adult double unit umbilical cord blood transplant recipient who originated from the United Arab Emirates.

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