scholarly journals A 58-Year-Old Female with Progressive Cough and Right Shoulder Pain

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanket R. Thakore ◽  
Faisal A. Khasawneh
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Shoulder Pain ◽  
Antimicrobial Therapy ◽  
Transplant Patient ◽  
Stem Cell Transplant ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Cell Transplant ◽  
Immunocompromised Patients ◽  
Necrotizing Pneumonia

Cavitary pneumonia in immunocompromised patients is a challenging entity. Establishing accurate diagnosis and starting effective antibiotics are essential steps towards improving outcome. A 58-year-old stem cell transplant patient was admitted to the hospital with necrotizing pneumonia caused by nocardia. The disease progressed despite of aggrieve antimicrobial therapy. Nocardiosis continues to be a difficult disease to diagnose and treat.

scholarly journals Identification of a norovirus outbreak on a hematopoietic stem cell transplant unit and development and implementation of a novel infection prevention algorithm for controlling transmission

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-476
Author(s):  
Westyn Branch-Elliman ◽  
Roger V. Araujo-Castillo ◽  
Graham M. Snyder ◽  
Bernadette F. Sullivan ◽  
Carolyn D. Alonso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cell ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant ◽  
Stem Cell Transplant ◽  
Cell Transplant ◽  
Immunocompromised Patients ◽  
Hematopoietic Stem

ABSTRACTControlling norovirus transmission in units with immunocompromised patients is challenging. We present a cluster of norovirus cases that occurred on a stem-cell transplant unit and the prevention efforts that were implemented to limit the outbreak. Protocols developed to control this cluster may provide a model for other facilities.

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