scholarly journals Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for primary refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the EBMT

Cancer ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 123 (11) ◽  
pp. 1965-1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Pavlů ◽  
Myriam Labopin ◽  
Anna K. Zoellner ◽  
Ioanna Sakellari ◽  
Matthias Stelljes ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Joshua Rosenblatt ◽  
Annie Leung ◽  
Emily Baneman ◽  
Risa Fuller ◽  
Sarah Taimur ◽  
...  

Abstract A patient with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia developed babesiosis prior to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation while on atovaquone for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis. Despite receiving a prolonged course of atovaquone and azithromycin until whole blood Babesia microti DNA was no longer detected by polymerase chain reaction, her post-transplant course was complicated by relapsed babesiosis. We investigate the potential host and parasite characteristics causing relapsing/persistent infection.


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