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Table 3 Tuberculosis in HSCT patients

From: Infections caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with hematological disorders and in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplant, a twelve year retrospective study

Number

Primary hematological disorder

Number of CCC prior to HSCT

HSCT conditioning regimen used

GVHD Type/Organs involved

Treatment of GVHD

Organs involved by TI

Time interval between HSCT and TI

1

AML, M2

3

TBI + CPM

Acute/Liver

Steroids

Lungs, liver and bone marrow

1 month

2

AML, M3

4

TBI + CPM

Acute/Skin

Steroids

Lungs

5 months

3

AML, M4

4

TBI + CPM

Acute/Skin

Steroids

Lungs

12 months

  1. GVHD: Graft versus host disease
  2. TBI: Total body irradiation
  3. TI: Tuberculous infection
  4. HSCT: Hematopoietic stem cell transplant
  5. CPM: Cyclophosphamide
  6. CCC: Courses of cytotoxic chemotherapy
  7. AML: Acute myeloid leukemia
  8. M2, M3, M4: Subtypes of AML