Clinical efficacy and prediction of response to granulocyte transfusion therapy for patients with neutropenia-related infections

Lee, J-Jung.; Song, H-Chun.; Chung, I-Joo.; Bom, H-Seung.; Cho, D.; Kim, H-Joon.

Haematologica 89(5): 632-633

2004


ISSN/ISBN: 0390-6078
PMID: 15136239
Document Number: 575302
We investigated the efficacy of transfusing granulocytes into 32 patients with severe neutropenia-related infections and the factors that predict response to this therapy. Our findings suggest that granulocyte transfusion therapy is useful for treating neutropenic patients with fungal infections and that 99mTc-HMPAO-granulocyte scintigraphy can be used to predict response to granulocyte transfusion therapy.

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