ECIL guidelines for preventing Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with haematological malignancies and stem cell transplant recipients.
- Maertens J Department of Haematology, Acute Leukaemia and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, University Hospitals Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
- Cesaro S Department of Haematology, Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Policlinico G. B. Rossi, Verona, Italy.
- Maschmeyer G Department of Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Ernst-von-Bergmann Klinikum, Potsdam, Germany.
- Einsele H Department of Internal Medicine II, Julius Maximilians University, Würzburg, Germany.
- Donnelly JP Department of Haematology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Alanio A Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Lariboisière Saint-Louis Fernand Widal, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, and Institut Pasteur, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, CNRS URA3012, Centre National de Référence Mycoses Invasives et Antifongiques, Paris, France.
- Hauser PM Institute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Lagrou K Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium and National Reference Center for Mycosis, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
- Melchers WJ Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Helweg-Larsen J Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet-Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Matos O Medical Parasitology Unit, Group of Opportunistic Protozoa/HIV and Other Protozoa, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
- Bretagne S Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Lariboisière Saint-Louis Fernand Widal, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, and Institut Pasteur, Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, CNRS URA3012, Centre National de Référence Mycoses Invasives et Antifongiques, Paris, France.
- Cordonnier C Department of Haematology, Henri Mondor Teaching Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and Université Paris-Est-Créteil, Créteil, France catherine.cordonnier@aphp.fr.
- 2016-08-24
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- The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. - 2016
Antifungal Agents
Chemoprevention
Hematologic Neoplasms
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Stem Cell Transplantation
Transplant Recipients
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
English
The 5th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL-5) meeting aimed to establish evidence-based recommendations for the prophylaxis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) in non-HIV-infected patients with an underlying haematological condition, including allogeneic HSCT recipients. Recommendations were based on the grading system of the IDSA. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole given 2-3 times weekly is the drug of choice for the primary prophylaxis of PCP in adults ( A-II: ) and children ( A-I: ) and should be given during the entire period at risk. Recent data indicate that children may benefit equally from a once-weekly regimen ( B-II: ). All other drugs, including pentamidine, atovaquone and dapsone, are considered second-line alternatives when trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole is poorly tolerated or contraindicated. The main indications of PCP prophylaxis are ALL, allogeneic HSCT, treatment with alemtuzumab, fludarabine/cyclophosphamide/rituximab combinations, >4 weeks of treatment with corticosteroids and well-defined primary immune deficiencies in children. Additional indications are proposed depending on the treatment regimen.
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- DOI 10.1093/jac/dkw157
- PMID 27550992
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