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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Jul;15(7):864–871. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.03.023

Table 2.

Outcomes in HIV-positive patients undergoing alloHCT for malignant and non-malignant hematological disorders

Outcomes N eval N

Median days to neutrophil engraftment, (range) 18 16 (7–30)

Cumulative incidence of Grade II-IV acute GVHD, Prob. (95% C.I.) 23
 @ 100 days 30 (14–50)%

Cumulative incidence of chronic GVHD, Prob. (95% C.I.) 23
 @ 1 year 28 (12–48)%
 @ 2 years 28 (12–48)%

Episodes of infection post HCT
 ≤100 days
  Culture positive bacterial 10
  Invasive fungal 1
  PCP 0
  CMV reactivation 3
  Mycobacteria 0
  Hepatitis B or C 1
  Others 5
 >100 days
  Culture positive bacterial 4
  Invasive fungal 1
  PCP 0
  CMV reactivation 0
  Mycobacteria 0
  Hepatitis B or C 1
  Others 2

Median follow-up of survivors, (range), months 6
 Prior to 1996 (n=2) 75 (59–90)
 After 1996 (n=4) 51 (23–74)

Overall survival, Prob. (95% C.I.) 23
 @ 1-y ear 30 (14–50)%
 @ 2-years 30 (14–50)%

Primary causes of death 17
 Disease relapse 1 (6%)
 NRM
  Regimen-related toxicities
   Pulmonary toxicity 6 (35%)
   Other organ toxicities 3 (19%)
  Graft failure 1 (6%)
  Infections 4 (24%)
  GVHD 1 (6%)
  Others 1 (6%)

GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; PCP, pnemocystis carinii pneumonia; CMV, cytomegalovirus; NRM, non-relapse mortality