Risk factors for invasive aspergillosis and related mortality in recipients of allogeneic SCT from alternative donors: an analysis of 306 patients

Increased bone marrow iron stores is an

Increased bone marrow iron stores is an independent risk factor for invasive aspergillosis in patients with high-risk hematologic malignancies and recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

✍ Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis; Georgios Chamilos; Russell E. Lewis; Sergio Giralt; J 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 77 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a leading cause of death in patients with leukemia and those who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Laboratory studies have demonstrated that iron is essential for __Aspergillus__ growth and virulence. ## METHODS. In