The outcome of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma and early relapse after autologous stem cell transplant has improved in recent years.

Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients who relapse after autologous-stem-cell- transplantation (auto-SCT) have traditionally had a poor prognosis. We analyzed 1781 adult HL patients who relapsed between 2006 and 2017 after a first auto-SCT. The 4-year overall survival (OS) after relapse continuously increased from 32% for patients relapsing in 2006-2008, to 63% for patients relapsing in 2015-2017 (p = 0.

Outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) from HLA-matched related donor for Fanconi anemia (FA) in adolescents and adults: a retrospective study by Eastern Mediterranean Blood and Marrow Transplantation Group (EMBMT).

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) is the only potentially curative treatment option for the hematologic complications that occur in patients with Fanconi anemia (FA). In this study, we present a retrospective multicenter analysis from the Eastern Mediterranean Blood and Marrow Transplantation Group (EMBMT) of matched related donor HSCT for FA in adolescents and adults transplanted between 1988 and 2015. Forty-five patients received HSCT with a median age at transplant of 18 years, the interquartile range (IQR) (15-23.

Physical therapy pathway and protocol for patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Recommendations from The Eastern Mediterranean Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EMBMT) Group.

Background: Patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are often referred for physical therapy (PT) to help improve their quality of life. However, to our knowledge there is no clear PT pathway to guide therapists and patients before, during, and after HSCT.

Methods: A comprehensive literature review was carried out exploring the role and benefits of PT in HSCT patients.

Molecular characterisation and epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from immunocompromised patients in Tunisia.

Objectives: This study investigated the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-KP) strains in the National Bone Marrow Transplant Center of Tunis between 2002 and 2011 as well as their associated antimicrobial resistance patterns and molecular features.

Methods: Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by the disk diffusion method according to CA-SFM guidelines. All of the strains were screened for β-lactamase genes, plasmid-encoded AmpC genes and integrons.

[Recurrent pregnancy loss related to immune disorders].

Progress in immunologic methods and diagnostic assays over the last two decades has led the description of an association between some cases of recurrent fetal loss and recurrent spontaneous abortion of unknown cause to immunological factors. Some causal immunological diseases or dysregulations have been identified in pregnant women. These abnormalities may precede or be triggered by the pregnancy, or occasionally result from an impairment of the mother's allogeneic response to the fetus.