Pulmonary mucormycosis is relatively uncommon but an important opportunistic fungal infection
in immunocompromised persons. The literature on the subject is sparse. We describe a …

Swine influenza was first described in the 1918 pandemic and made a resurgence in April
2009 in the form of a triple-reassortant influenza A virus, which is composed of a combination …

The objective of this study was to define the incidence, type and timing of early infectious
complications, occurring within the first 30 days, in autologous bone marrow transplant (…

Background: The common cold is one of the most frequent human illnesses and is responsible
for substantial morbidity and economic loss. No consistently effective therapy for the …

Invasive fusariosis ( IF ) has been associated with a poor prognosis. Although recent series
have reported improved outcomes, the definition of optimal treatments remains controversial. …

Recombinant herpes zoster (HZ) vaccines may be an alternative to the live-attenuated HZ
vaccine for immunocompromised individuals. This was a phase 1/2, randomized, observer-…

Background. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia that is resistant or refractory to the standard
antiviral therapy still constitutes a major threat to high-risk transplant recipients. In addition, …

Background. Coagulase-negative staphylococci are commonly isolated from wounds of
patients after median sternotomy; however, the epidemiology of these infections is poorly …

Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains an important cause of morbidity and
mortality in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (allo-HCT) recipients. CMV cell-…

Results Patient and graft survival were not significantly different among the groups. Graft
function (creatinine; milligrams per deciliter) at 1 year was significantly worse in the persistent …