Microbes and Allogeneic Transplantation

Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation

A 1 3-yr-old male with acute myelogenous therapy. Then, 53 yr later, he developed leukemia was treated with various chemoan extramedullary relapse with a chlotherapy regimens for 3 yr and then underroma of his maxillary sinus. This case ilwent an allogeneic bone marrow translustrates the need for prolonged followup plantation. The donor marrow was sucof transplant recipients and suggests that c...

Lice, Humans, and Microbes

Lice are small, wingless, minor ectoparasites of mammals and birds. More than 540  blood-sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) have been described with each host having its own type of louse, suggesting the cospeciation of the lice species with their host. Among these, two lice species from two different genera infest humans: Pediculus humanus and Phthirus pubis (pubic “crab” l...

Allogeneic transplantation for aplastic anemia.

OBJECTIVE To discuss the role of allogeneic transplantation for the treatment of severe aplastic anemia. METHODS Published reports for treatment of severe aplastic anemia were searched with Medline. Search terms included severe aplastic anemia, HLA-matched sibling, unrelated donor, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. RESULTS Survival after HLA-matched sibling donor transplantation is a...

Allogeneic transplantation in multiple myeloma.

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma has been performed since the 1980th, but is still a controversial treatment modality. The aim is to cure the disease and the rational is to eradicate myeloma cells by the dual effect of high dose myeloablative treatment, and the immune reaction against the myeloma cells by the graft (graft versus myeloma =GVM). At the same t...

HIV+ patients and HIV eradication - allogeneic transplantation.