Abstract
The Practice Guidelines Committee of the American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy partnered with its Transplant Infectious Disease Special Interest Group to update its 2009 compendium-style infectious diseases guidelines for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). A completely fresh approach was taken, with the goal of better serving clinical providers by publishing each stand-alone topic in the infectious diseases series in a concise format of frequently asked questions (FAQs), tables, and figures [1]. Adult and pediatric infectious diseases and HCT content experts developed and then answered FAQs, and then finalized topics with harmonized recommendations that were made by assigning a strength of recommendation ranging from A to E paired with a level of supporting evidence graded I to III. The first topic in the series focuses on potentially life-threatening infections in HCT caused by Enterobacterales, relevant infection risk factors, and practical considerations regarding prevention and treatment of these infections in the setting of emerging multidrug resistance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 108-114 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Transplantation and Cellular Therapy |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2021 |
Keywords
- Cell transplant
- Enterobacterales
- Epidemiology
- Guidelines
- Hematopoietic
- Prevention
- Treatment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology
- Transplantation
- Immunology and Allergy
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine
- General Medicine