Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, is it acceptable to wait for the engraftment for restarting it?

Transpl Infect Dis. 2019 Oct;21(5):e13155. doi: 10.1111/tid.13155. Epub 2019 Aug 21.

Authors

Alessio Mesini¹, Erica Ricci², Maura Faraci¹, Anna Loy¹, Andrea Moscatelli¹, Elio Castagnola¹

Affiliations

¹ IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Children's Hospital Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
² DINOGMI, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy.

PMID: 31381229
DOI: 10.1111/tid.13155

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Chemoprevention / methods
Chemoprevention / standards*
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Pneumocystis carinii / drug effects
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / microbiology
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / prevention & control*
Thorax / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed