[Pulmonary disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation--a case report and literature review]

Author(s): Chen B, Wu DP, Sun AN, Qiu HY, Fu ZZ, Tang XW, Ma X, Jin ZM, Miao M, He GS, Liu YJ, Zhao Y, Wu XJ, Zhu XM

Affiliation(s): Department of Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.

Publication date & source: 2004-08, Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi., 25(8):470-2.

Publication type: Case Reports

OBJECTIVE: To report a case with pulmonary disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), with a literature review. METHODS: Case report and literature review. RESULTS: A patient with acute non-lymphocytic leukemia was treated by allo-HSCT. Her NTM lung disease developed after HSCT was successfully treated with a 3 antimicrobials combination of clarithromycin, levofloxacin and capreomycin for 10 months. CONCLUSION: NTM infections are infrequent in allo-HSCT recipients and have a good clinical prognosis if correctly treated.