Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Cytomegalovirus retinitis in relapsed or refractory low-grade B cell lymphoma patients treated with bendamustine

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Annals of Hematology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Ohmachi K, Niitsu N, Uchida T, Kim SJ, Ando K, Takahashi N, Takahashi N, Uike N, Eom HS, Chae YS, Terauchi T, Tateishi U, Tatsumi M, Kim WS, Tobinai K, Suh C, Ogura M (2013) Multicenter phase II study of bendamustine plus rituximab in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 31:2103–2109

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Hosoda T, Yokoyama A, Yoneda M, Yamamoto R, Ohashi K, Kagoo T, Ueno H, Boku S, Yano T (2013) Bendamustine can severely impair T-cell immunity against cytomegalovirus. Leuk Lymphoma. 54:1327–1328

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Hasegawa T, Aisa Y, Shimazaki K, Nakazato T (2015) Cytomegalovirus reactivation with bendamustine in patients with low-grade B-cell lymphoma. Ann Hematol 94:515–517

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Isono N, Imai Y, Watanabe A, Moriya K, Tamura H, Inokuchi K, Asano C, Masuda M, Shimura H, Mitsuhashi K, Kazama H, Sugimori H, Motoji T, Tanaka J (2016) Cytomegalovirus reactivation in low-grade B-cell lymphoma patients treated with bendamustine. Leuk Lymphoma 57:2204–2207

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Saito H, Maruyama D, Maeshima AM, Makita S, Kitahara H, Miyamoto K, Fukuhara S, Munakata W, Suzuki T, Kobayashi Y, Taniguchi H, Tobinai K (2015) Prolonged lymphocytopenia after bendamustine therapy in patients with relapsed or refractory indolent B-cell and mantle cell lymphoma. Blood Cancer J 5:e362

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  6. Ford N, Shubber Z, Saranchuk P, Pathai S, Durier N, O’Brien DP et al (2013) Burden of HIV-related cytomegalovirus retinitis in resource-limited settings: a systematic review. Clin Infect Dis Off Publ Infect Dis Soc Am 57:1351–1361

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

We thank the patients and clinical staff for their participation in the study. The authors also acknowledge the Clinical Research Institute, Kyushu Medical Hospital for editorial support.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Hematology and Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, 1-8-1 Jigyohama, Chuo-Ku, Fukuoka, 810-8563, Japan

    Satoshi Yamasaki, Kentaro Kohno, Masanori Kadowaki, Ken Takase & Hiromi Iwasaki

Authors
  1. Satoshi Yamasaki
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Kentaro Kohno
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Masanori Kadowaki
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Ken Takase
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Hiromi Iwasaki
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

SY contributed to the study design, data analysis, and manuscript preparation; KK, MK, KT, and HI collected clinical data and reviewed the manuscript. All the authors approved the final manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Satoshi Yamasaki.

Ethics declarations

The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee and institutional review board.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that there are no competing financial interests regarding this article. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Yamasaki, S., Kohno, K., Kadowaki, M. et al. Cytomegalovirus retinitis in relapsed or refractory low-grade B cell lymphoma patients treated with bendamustine. Ann Hematol 96, 1215–1217 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-017-3005-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-017-3005-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation