Table 2.

Summary of data relating length of hospital stay, engraftment time and complications of autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HSCT) in the four patients treated for refractory stiff person syndrome

Patient	Age/Gender	Complications during priming and harvesting	Engraftment time after auto-HSCT (neutrophils > 0.5 × 109/L and platelets > 20 × 109/L)	Length of hospital stay for auto-HSCT	Required blood products/ transfusions	Complications during auto-HSCT	Long term sequelae
A	36/F	Headache E.coli UTI Pain	Neutrophils: 13 days Platelets: 12 days	26 days	Yes	Enterococcus UTI Pulmonary embolism Mucositis and rectal bleeding Post-menopausal symptoms	Alive with no complications
B	48/F	None	Neutrophils: 11 days Platelets: never dropped below 50	18 days	No	ESBL UTI Transient exacerbation of diabetes due to steroids	Alive with no complications
C	37/F	Gram-negative pantoea agglomerans from Hickman line-treated successfully with antibiotics	Neutrophils: 14 days Platelets: 13 days	21 days	Yes	Febrile neutropenia covered with antibiotics Transiently deranged LFTs Transient CMV and EBV viraemia	Alive with no complications
D	52/M	None	Neutrophils: 11 days Platelets: 10 days	16 days	Yes	Coagulase-negative staphylococcus line infection Transient EBV viraemia URTI (RSV)	Alive with no complications