Abstract
The success of bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of aplastic anemia and acute leukemia has resulted in an increasingly large number of long-term survivors of this procedure. The occurrence of infections in these patients has been recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in those patients in whom chronic graft-v-host disease develops. Streptococcus pneumoniae has been noted to cause a substantial portion of the reported infections, and it has been suggested that immunization with polyvalent pneumococcal vaccine and long-term antibiotic prophylaxis be used to prevent this complication.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3011-3012 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of the American Medical Association |
Volume | 248 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1982 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine