The value of the current diagnostic criteria of pulmonary invasive fungal infection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation / 中华内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the practicality of current diagnostic criteria of invasive fungal infection (IFI) in patients with hematologic diseases/malignant tumors,so as to enhance the recognition of characteristics of pulmonary IFI after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).Methods The clinical features of 51 cases with IFI after allo-HSCT were analyzed retrospectively.Results Pulmonary IFI accounted for 42.1％ (51/121) of the whole infectious pneumonia diagnosed among the patients admitted during the study.One (2.0％) case was proven diagnosis ; 24 (47.1％) were probable diagnosis and 26(51.0％) were possible diagnosis.The using of immuno-suppressors and corticosteroids,and the presence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) were the main host factors.The patients with two or more host factors simultaneously accounted for 66.7％ (34/51) of all pulmonary IFI patients.Totally 94.1％ (48/51) of the patients with pulmonary IFI presented nodules and/or patches as the main features in high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scanning.The positive rates of fungal antigen detection were 58.6％ for G test and 33.3％ for GM test,which were relatively high.Twenty patients (39.2％) showed decrease of arterial partial pressure of oxygen and hypoxia in blood-gas analysis.Conclusions For the diagnosis of pulmonary IFI post allo-HSCT,the administration of immuno-suppressors and corticosteroids,and the presence of GVHD were the main host factors.Nodules and/or patches were the main features in HRCT image.Fungus antigen detection is the main tool to support clinical diagnosis.