How Does Influenza A (H1N1) Infection Proceed in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients?

Abstract

Clinical course of H1N1 infection in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (AHSCT) patients is contraversial. We report three AHSCT patients who were infected with Influenza A/H1N1 infection. All of the patients were diagnosed with different hematological diagnosis and were at different stages of transplantation.All of them were treated with oseltamivir,zanamivir was switched with oseltamivir in one patient. All of the three patients were survived without any complication. Swine flu, can display with different courses and progress with bacterial or other viral infections in immunsupressed patients.

Keywords

• h1n1
• allogeneic transplantation