Transplant Flashcards
Define neutropenia?
<500 cells/mm3 or <1000 cells/mm3 with anticipated drop to less than 500
why is it important to focus on neutropenia ?
<500 cells/mm3 + prolonged (>10 days) associated with high risks of severe bacterial and fungal infections (bacteremia, pneumonia, candidemia, aspergillosis)
what is bendamustine?
nitrogen based alkylating agent and antimetabolite used for indolent NHL with higher risk for infections (bacterial, CMV, PCP, histoplasmosis)
what drugs (common) that impact B and T cells?
Rituximab (anti - CD20) and Alemtuzimab (anti - CD52)
what is rituximab used for and infectious complications?
Used in CLL and lymphoma. See PML, encapsulated bacteria, Hep B reactivation, loss of vaccine response.
What is alemtuzimab used for and infectious complications?
lymphoma, luekeimia, BMT (gVH); see herpes virus (CMV), fungal infections (PJP, aspergillosus)
what is the MOA of imatinib? infection complications?
inhibits signal transduction through BCR-ABL oncogene. Used for CML. Think T and B cells (VZV reactivation, Hep B reactivation) or unrelated to drug.
what does AML and MDS predispose patients to?
qualitative and quantitative neutropenia
what does lymphoma predipose patient to?
functional asplenia
what does CLL and MM predipose patients to?
hypogammaglobulinemia (recurrent chronic/atypical infections)
what does aplastic anemia predispose patients to?
- severe, prolonged neutropenia.
- aplastic anemia is autoimmune disease in which the body fails to produce blood cells in sufficient numbers. Blood cells are produced in the bone marrow by stem cells that reside there
Key words for viridans streptococci cause in transplant patients?
ARDS, rash, quinolones, mucositis, high dose cytosine, arabinoside
neutropenic patient with sepsis with b-lactams?
think stenotrophomonas, ESBL
neutropenic patient with lung and skin lesions?
P.aeruginosa, fungi
neutropenic patient with skin lesion, gram stian positive?
corynebacterium jeikeium
neutropenic patient with mucositis?
FUsobacterium, clostridium, stomatococcus mucilaginosis
neutropenic, septic patient while on carbapenems?
KPC-producing organism
pneumonia in patient nodular lung lesion with AML after induction therapy. Tx?
Voriconazole for suspected aspergillus
neutropenic patient with pneumonia. ddx?
- aspergillus most common.
- Fusarium, mucormycosis, Scedosporium
candidiasis skin lesion in neutropenic patient description?
small, tender papules
Vesicular skin lesion in neutropenic patient description?
Herpes
Filamentous fungi (fusarium) skin lesion in neutropenic patient description?
multiple, erythematous, different stages. Would also have invasive pulmonary disease too.
Aspergillus skin lesion in neutropenic patient description?
ulcerative, necrotic
P.aeruginosa skin lesion in neutropenic patient description?
Ecthyma gangrenosum
Early risks in stem cell transplant patients?
mucositis, neutropenia
late risks in stem cell transplant recipeints?
GVHD (steroids, asplenia, T-cell dysfunction)
early pulmonary syndromes in stem cell transplant patients?
- bacterial, fungia pneumonia.
- Noninfectious: alveolar hemorrhage, IPS
late pulmonary syndromes associated with stem cell transplant patients?
- CMV, respiratory viruses, invasive fungal infections
- Non-infectious: BOOP
GI syndromes associated with stem cell transplant patients?
- diarrhea, colitis, hepatitis.
- Herpes viruses
- noninfectious: GVHD
GU complications associated with stem cell transplant recipeints?
BK virus, noninfectious: conditioning
Neurologic syndromes associated with stem cell transplant recipients?
- Infectious: HHV6, WNV, toxoplasmosis, PML
- Noninfectious: PRES, antibiotics
what are the 3 types of allogenic donors?
- Related, HLA - Matched (MR)
- Related, HLA - matched (MUD) or mismatched (haploidentical)
- UNrelated, HLA - mismatched (MM-URD)
what are the types of stem cells transplanted?
- bone marrow
- peripheral blood
- cord blood
what are the types of conditioning regimens in stem cell transplant patients?
- myeloablative
- nonmyeloablative
what bacterial pathogens do you suspect in pulmonary complications s/p stem cell transplant patient?
- P.aeruginosa, streptococci, legionella, S.aureus
- aspiration events with severe mucositis early after BMT
- encapsulated sinopulmonary pathogens after BMT