Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
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Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant. · Oct 2015
HLA Mismatch Is Associated with Worse Outcomes after Unrelated Donor Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: An Analysis from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research.
Over the past 2 decades, reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (RIC HCT) has increased substantially. Many patients do not have fully HLA-matched donors, and the impact of HLA mismatch on RIC HCT has not been examined in large cohorts. We analyzed 2588 recipients of 8/8 HLA-high resolution matched (n = 2025) or single-locus mismatched (n = 563) unrelated donor (URD) RIC HCT from 1999 to 2011. ⋯ In subgroup analysis, inferior transplant outcomes were noted regardless of the HLA allele mismatched. Previously reported permissive mismatches at HLA-C (C*03:03/C*03:04) and HLA-DP1 (based on T cell-epitope matching) were not associated with better outcomes. Although feasible, single-locus mismatch in RIC URD HCT is associated with inferior outcomes.
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Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant. · Oct 2015
Comparative StudyImpact of Prophylactic Levofloxacin on Rates of Bloodstream Infection and Fever in Neutropenic Patients with Multiple Myeloma Undergoing Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
Few studies have evaluated the role of antibacterial prophylaxis during neutropenia in patients with multiple myeloma undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). At our center, levofloxacin prophylaxis was initiated in June 2006 in patients with myeloma who were undergoing autologous HSCT. We compared the incidence of bloodstream infection (BSI) and fever and neutropenia (FN) within 30 days of transplantation before (January 2003 to May 2006) and after (June 2006 to April 2010) the initiation of levofloxacin prophylaxis in patients undergoing autologous HSCT for myeloma. ⋯ Levofloxacin prophylaxis was independently associated with decreased odds of BSI (odds ratio, .27; 95% confidence interval, .14 to .51; P < .001) and FN (odds ratio, .18; 95% confidence interval, .09 to .36; P < .001) in multivariate analysis. Patients with myeloma had a nonsignificant increase in the risk of BSI due to levofloxacin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (5% versus 1%, P = .08) and Clostridium difficile infection (7% versus 3%, P = .12) after the initiation of levofloxacin prophylaxis but did not have higher rates of BSI due to other resistant bacteria. Levofloxacin prophylaxis is associated with decreased risk of BSI and FN in patients with myeloma undergoing autologous HSCT.