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Ex Vivo Infection of Human Lymphoid Tissue and Female Genital Mucosa with Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 and Histoculture
Published on: October 12, 2018
Early infections in the stem cell transplant recipients at AIIMS, New Delhi: a prospective study
1Department of Medical Oncology, SKIMS, Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. drgull8125@yahoo.com
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The pattern of infections in neutropenic patients including those undergoing stem cell transplant in the west has changed but the same may not be the case in the developing countries as brought out through some earlier observations in some transplant centers in India. The department of medical oncology IRCH, AIIMS has been providing bone marrow transplant facility for over a decade now. It is one of the few bone marrow transplant units in northern India. A prospective study conducted on 70 consecutive bone marrow transplant subjects at this center was carried out with this perspective in view.
Objectives:
To determine the frequency and pattern of infections in haemopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients at this center in India.
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