Pulmonary disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation--a case report and literature review / 中华血液学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To report a case with pulmonary disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), with a literature review.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Case report and literature review.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A patient with acute non-lymphocytic leukemia was treated by allo-HSCT. Her NTM lung disease developed after HSCT was successfully treated with a 3 antimicrobials combination of clarithromycin, levofloxacin and capreomycin for 10 months.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>NTM infections are infrequent in allo-HSCT recipients and have a good clinical prognosis if correctly treated.</p>