Acute exacerbation of Toxoplasma gondii infection after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: five case reports among 279 recipients

• Published in: International journal of hematology Vol. 98; no. 2; pp. 214 - 222
• Main Authors: Sumi, Masahiko, Aosai, Fumie, Norose, Kazumi, Takeda, Wataru, Kirihara, Takehiko, Sato, Keijiro, Fujikawa, Yuko, Shimizu, Ikuo, Ueki, Toshimitsu, Hirosima, Yuki, Ueno, Mayumi, Ichikawa, Naoaki, Watanabe, Masahide, Kobayashi, Hikaru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.08.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Allografts; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases; Hematology; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Oncology; Original Article; Parasitic diseases; Protozoal diseases; Toxoplasma; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasmosis - diagnosis; Toxoplasmosis - etiology; Toxoplasmosis - therapy; Infection; Stem cell transplantation; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Protozoa; Apicomplexa; Protozoal disease; Hematology; Acute; Stem cell; Hematopoietic cell; Recipient; Parasitosis; Case study; Exacerbation; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Toxoplasmosis is a rare and possibly underestimated complication following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) associated with a high mortality rate, although the incidence of toxoplasmosis after HSCT in Japan has not been established. We retrospectively studied patients with toxoplasmosi...