Case of Pneumocystis Pneumonia after High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

ABSTRACT Pneumocystis pneumonia is a rare complication of a high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow/peripheral hematopoietic stem cells transplantation in patients with hematological malignances. The absence of typical clinical symptoms and the probability of a lethal outcome require a special approach to this problem. A brief review of literature and presented clinical case give an idea of clinical manifestations, course, diagnostic approaches, prevention, and treatment of pneumocystis pneumonia in this category of patients. Keywords: pneumocystis pneumonia, high-do-se chemotherapy, autologous bone marrow trans-plantation. Accepted: September 19, 2014 For correspondence: V.O.Sarzhevskii, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203; Tel: +7(495)603-72-18; e-mail: vladsar@pochta.ru For citation: Sarzhevskii V.O., Mel’nichenko V.Ya., Kolesnikova D.S., Bronov O.Yu., Sotnikov V.M., Smol’tsova N.N. Case of Pneumocystis Pneumonia after High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.