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Cord Blood
Research results from Kyushu University update understanding of cord blood
March 3rd, 2009
According to recent research from Fukuoka, Japan, "T. Shima, G. Yoshimoto, T. Miyamoto, S. Yoshida, K. Kamezaki, K. Takenaka, H. Iwasaki, N. Harada, K. Nagafuji, T. Teshima, N. Shimono, K. Akashi. Disseminated tuberculosis following second unrelated cord blood transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia.Transpl Infect Dis 2009: 11: 75-77." "All rights reserved Here we report the case of a 43-year-old Japanese woman with acute myelogenous leukemia who underwent 2 unrelated cord blood transplantations (UCBT), terminating in fatal disseminated tuberculosis (TB). The patient did not achieve remission despite intensive chemotherapy, and subsequently underwent UCBT with a...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-03)
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