INFECTIONS IN BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS IN SOUTH-INDIA - A POSTMORTEM STUDY

Authors
RAMANI P KRISHNASWAMI H SRIVASTAVA A DENNISON D CHANDY M
Citation
P. Ramani et al., INFECTIONS IN BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS IN SOUTH-INDIA - A POSTMORTEM STUDY, Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 97(6), 1994, pp. 354-356
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225304
Volume
97
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
354 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5304(1994)97:6<354:IIBTRI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A study of post-mortem material obtained from ten patients who had und ergone bone marrow transplantation is presented. The cause of death in all patients was infection. Six patients had fungal infection, two ha d bacterial infection and three had cytomegalovirus infection. Pneumoc ystis carinii and tuberculous infections were not detected.