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Two cases of listeriosis in patients submitted to matched unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation are reported. The patients developed listerial septicemia and listerial septicemia with meningitis and encephalitis 39 and 29 days after transplantation, respectively. Including the present two cases, 19 Listeria monocytogenes infections in related and unrelated donor allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients have been reported to date. Infection occurred earlier in unrelated donor transplant recipients. Listeriosis is a rare complication in allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients; however, the widespread practice of performing transplants from a donor-alternative to a human leukocyte antigen-compatible sibling and, in this setting, the need for intensified immunosuppression may predict an increasing and earlier occurrence of listeriosis.
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Girmenia, C., Iori, A., Bernasconi, S. et al. Listeriosis in Recipients of Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplants from Unrelated Donors. EJCMID 19, 711–714 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960000343
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