Successful treatment of severe acute gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease complicated by cytomegalovirus gastroenteritis with intra-arterial steroid infusion

Ann Hematol. 2016 Aug;95(8):1373-5. doi: 10.1007/s00277-016-2686-y. Epub 2016 May 3.

Authors

Shigeki Hirabayashi¹, Tadakazu Kondo², Tomomi Oka¹, Yuri Akamatsu¹, Masakatsu Hishizawa¹, Toshiya Shibata³, Toshiyuki Kitano¹, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawaharacho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
² Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawaharacho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. [email protected].
³ Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 27138923
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-016-2686-y

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
Female
Gastroenteritis / complications*
Gastrointestinal Diseases / drug therapy*
Gastrointestinal Diseases / etiology
Graft vs Host Disease / drug therapy*
Graft vs Host Disease / etiology
Humans
Infusions, Intra-Arterial
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy
Middle Aged
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / methods
Severity of Illness Index
Steroids / administration & dosage
Steroids / therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Steroids