T-cell depletion prevents from bronchiolitis obliterans and bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with related donors

oleh: Markus Ditschkowski, Ahmet H. Elmaagacli, Rudolf Trenschel, Rudolf Peceny, Michael Koldehoff, Claudia Schulte, Dietrich W. Beelen

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Ferrata Storti Foundation 2007-04-01

Deskripsi

Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) and bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) are late-onset non-infectious pulmonary complications (LONIPCs) following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In the present study 10 of 197 conventionally prepared stem cell recipients developed BOOP after 365 days and 6 patients developed BO 333 days post-transplant. No BOOP or BO was diagnosed following T-cell depletion (p