The patients with multiple myeloma were infected with COVID-19 during autologous stem cell transplantation: case report and literature review

Chang Su; Lijun Huang; Liang Liang; Lijia Ou; Guige Lu; Caiqin Wang; Yizi He; Ruolan Zeng; Yajun Li; Hui Zhou; Ling Xiao

doi:10.1186/s13027-024-00587-2

Infectious Agents and Cancer (May 2024)

The patients with multiple myeloma were infected with COVID-19 during autologous stem cell transplantation: case report and literature review

Chang Su,
Lijun Huang,
Liang Liang,
Lijia Ou,
Guige Lu,
Caiqin Wang,
Yizi He,
Ruolan Zeng,
Yajun Li,
Hui Zhou,
Ling Xiao

Affiliations

Chang Su: Department of Lymphoma & Hematology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University/Hunan Cancer Hospital
Lijun Huang: Department of Lymphoma & Hematology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University/Hunan Cancer Hospital
Liang Liang: Department of Lymphoma & Hematology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University/Hunan Cancer Hospital
Lijia Ou: Department of Histology and Embryology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University
Guige Lu: Department of Histology and Embryology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University
Caiqin Wang: Department of Lymphoma & Hematology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University/Hunan Cancer Hospital
Yizi He: Department of Lymphoma & Hematology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University/Hunan Cancer Hospital
Ruolan Zeng: Department of Lymphoma & Hematology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University/Hunan Cancer Hospital
Yajun Li: Department of Lymphoma & Hematology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University/Hunan Cancer Hospital
Hui Zhou: Department of Lymphoma & Hematology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University/Hunan Cancer Hospital
Ling Xiao: Department of Histology and Embryology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13027-024-00587-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

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Abstract This paper introduces two cases of multiple myeloma, COVID-19 infection during autologous stem cell transplantation, the treatment process, and different results of the two patients, which provides a reference for how to carry out ASCT safely during the COVID-19 normalization stage.

Published in Infectious Agents and Cancer

ISSN: 1750-9378 (Online)
Publisher: BMC
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com/

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