CMV Viremia and African-American Ethnicity Are Risk Factors for Post-Engraftment Blood Stream Infections in Pediatric Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Sano H, Hilinski J, Applegate K, Camacho-Gonzalez A, Chandrakasan S, Chiang K, Haight A, Krishnamurti L, Stenger E, Qayed M, Horan J. CMV Viremia and African-American Ethnicity Are Risk Factors for Post-Engraftment Blood Stream Infections in Pediatric Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Blood 2016, 128: 3397. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v128.22.3397.3397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlood stream infectionsAfrican American ethnicityCMV viremiaAllogeneic BMTAllogeneic bloodMarrow transplantationRisk factorsMultivariate analysisGrade III/IVAllogeneic BMT patientsAlternative donor transplantsFrequency of neutropeniaPost-engraftment periodPre-emptive therapyTransplant related mortalityGram-positive cocciAcute GVHDBMT patientsCytomegalovirus viremiaEngrafted patientsUnrelated cordsUnrelated marrowClinical characteristicsCMV infectionCumulative incidence