Amebiasis after bone marrow transplantation

P Bavaro; G Di Girolamo; P Di Bartolomeo; F Angrilli; P Olioso; G Papalinetti; A Del Vecchio; G Torlontano

Amebiasis after bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1994 Feb;13(2):213-4.

Authors

P Bavaro¹, G Di Girolamo, P Di Bartolomeo, F Angrilli, P Olioso, G Papalinetti, A Del Vecchio, G Torlontano

Affiliation

¹ Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale Civile, Pescara, Italy.

PMID: 8205092

Abstract

A patient undergoing BMT for acute non-lymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) developed bloody diarrhea due to amebiasis. The infection was successfully treated with intensive and prolonged antiparasitic therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
Dysentery, Amebic / complications
Dysentery, Amebic / drug therapy
Dysentery, Amebic / etiology*
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy
Male
Metronidazole / therapeutic use
Paromomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

Metronidazole
Paromomycin