Serial granulocyte transfusions as a treatment for sepsis due to multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neutropenic patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Oct;41(10):4892-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4892-4893.2003.

Abstract

The emergence of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MRPA) has become a major clinical problem. We successfully treated MRPA sepsis in a neutropenic patient undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplantation with serial granulocyte transfusions. Granulocyte transfusion should be considered as a treatment for severe infection in patients with neutropenia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Bacteremia / therapy*
  • Child
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Female
  • Granulocytes*
  • Humans
  • Leukocyte Transfusion*
  • Neutropenia / complications
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology
  • Pseudomonas Infections / therapy
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects*