Detection of Aspergillus species in bone marrow transplant patients

Detection of Aspergillus species in bone marrow transplant patients.

INTRODUCTION Invasive aspergillosis is a severe complication of cytotoxic chemotherapies and bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The aim of this study was to assess the utility of a real-time PCR assay for the early diagnosis of Aspergillus species in blood samples from BMT patients. METHODOLOGY Blood specimens (n = 993) from patients (n = 82) scheduled for BMT were collected prior to transpla...

Nurse and Bone Marrow Transplant

پیوند مغز استخوان باید به مدت طولانی در بیمارستان بستری باشند، که این امر نیز موجب بروز برخی از عوارض روانی مانند: افسردگی، اضطراب، کج خلقی، ترس و ناامیدی در آنان خواهد شد. هرچند که برخورد صحیح کادر مراقبتی درمانی می تواند تا حد زیادی از این عوارض پیشگیری کند. در این مسیر تقویت اعتماد، اعتقاد، امید و تلاش برای سازگاری با مشکل ضرورت دارد. امروزه بسیاری از بیماریهای بدخیم به درمان با پیوند مغز اس...

Aspergillus antigen testing in bone marrow transplant recipients.

AIMS To assess the clinical usefulness of a commercial aspergillus antigen enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis (IA) in bone marrow transplant recipients, and to compare it with a commercial latex agglutination (LA) test. METHODS In total, 2026 serum samples from 104 bone marrow transplant recipients were tested. These comprised 67 sera from sev...

Psychiatric disorders in bone marrow transplant patients.

OBJECTIVE To identify the psychiatric illnesses in patients with hematological/oncological disorders encountered during blood and bone marrow transplantation. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Bismillah Taqee Institute of Health Sciences and Blood Diseases Centre, Karachi from December 2002 to December 2005. PATIENTS AND METHODS All consecutive patients, aged 15 ye...

detection of aspergillus by nested assay in bone marrow transplantation (bmt) patients