Table 4.
Cause of death of patients who underwent allogeneic transplants for AML, ALL, CML, MDS and had IFI within 12 months prior to HSCT vs. those who had no documented IFI within 12 months prior to HSCT, reported to the CIBMTR, from 2001 to 2009
Variable | Pre-tx invasive fungal infection N(%) |
All others N(%) |
---|---|---|
Cause of death | ||
Graft rejection | 2 (<1) | 63 (1) |
Infection | 107 (21) | 919 (18) |
IPN | 7 (1) | 93 (2) |
Organ Failure | 76 (15) | 733 (14) |
GVHD | 46 (9) | 585 (11) |
Recurrent/Persistent Disease | 242 (47) | 2173 (42) |
Secondary malignancy | 6 (1) | 52 (1) |
Hemorrhage | 13 (3) | 131 (3) |
other cause | 15 (3) | 288 (6) |
Unknown | 5 (<1) | 77 (2) |