Severe infections unrelated to neutropenia impact on overall survival in multiple myeloma patients: results of a single centre cohort study

Br J Haematol. 2019 Aug;186(3):e13-e17. doi: 10.1111/bjh.15849. Epub 2019 Mar 10.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine (DIMED), Haematology and Clinical Immunology Section, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy.
² Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IOV-IRCCS-Padua, Padua, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiac-Thoracic-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy.

PMID: 30854624
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.15849

No abstract available

Keywords: high risk disease; immunodeficiency; multiple myeloma; overall survival; severe infections.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Infections / blood*
Infections / microbiology
Male
Multiple Myeloma / blood*
Multiple Myeloma / microbiology*
Multiple Myeloma / mortality
Neutropenia / microbiology*
Survival Analysis