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Cocaine-contaminated allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
1Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Tex., USA. ykeung@wfubmc.edu
Acta Haematologica
|November 20, 2001
Abstract:
Should a person with history of drug addiction be categorically denied as a bone marrow donor? The answer to the question is controversial. We report a case of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for refractory acute myeloid leukemia preceded by essential thrombocythemia. The donor used cocaine and marijuana the night before the bone marrow harvest.