A case-series of Toxoplasmosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: still a concern for endemic countries

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. danielprestes@hotmail.com.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Tropical Medicine Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. silviacosta@usp.br.
⁷ Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. silviacosta@usp.br.
⁸ Tropical Medicine Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. silviacosta@usp.br.

Case Reports

Daniel P Prestes et al. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;53(10):1336-1339.

doi: 10.1038/s41409-018-0179-4. Epub 2018 Apr 27.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. danielprestes@hotmail.com.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Tropical Medicine Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. silviacosta@usp.br.
⁷ Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. silviacosta@usp.br.
⁸ Tropical Medicine Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. silviacosta@usp.br.

No abstract available

References

1. Martino R, Maertens J, Bretagne S, Rovira M, Deconinck E, Ullmann a J, et al. Toxoplasmosis after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Clin Infect Dis. 2000;31:1188–95. - DOI
1. Fricker-Hidalgo H, Bulabois C-E, Brenier-Pinchart M-P, Hamidfar R, Garban F, Brion J-P, et al. Diagnosis of toxoplasmosis after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: results of DNA detection and serological techniques. Clin Infect Dis. 2009;48:e9–15. - DOI
1. Mele a, Paterson PJ, Prentice HG, Leoni P, Kibbler CC. Toxoplasmosis in bone marrow transplantation: a report of two cases and systematic review of the literature. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2002;29:691–8. - DOI
1. Chandrasekar PH, Momin F. Disseminated toxoplasmosis in marrow recipients: a report of three cases and a review of the literature. Bone Marrow Transplant Team. Bone Marrow Transplant. 1997;19:685–9. - DOI
1. Hakko E, Ozkan HA, Karaman K, Gulbas Z. Analysis of cerebral toxoplasmosis in a series of 170 allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2013;15:575–80. - DOI