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ArticleTransplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society

Old Pathogens-New Patient Types: Infections in a CAR T-Cell Recipient. Could It Get Any More Complicated?

Monica Melchio, Joshua A Hill, Maunank Shah, Dionysios Neofytos, Massimiliano Gambella, Anna Maria Raiola, Emanuele Delfino, Elisa Balletto, Emanuele Angelucci, Matteo Bassetti and 1 more

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Article in Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Old Pathogens-New Patient Types: Infections in a CAR T-Cell Recipient. Could It Get Any More Complicated?Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Monica MelchioDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
Joshua A HillFred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Maunank ShahDivision of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Dionysios NeofytosDivision of Infectious Diseases, Transplant Unit, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Massimiliano GambellaDivision of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Anna Maria RaiolaDivision of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Emanuele DelfinoDivision of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Elisa BallettoDivision of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Emanuele AngelucciDivision of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Matteo BassettiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
Malgorzata MikulskaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The case discussed involves a 41-year-old Italian man who was a candidate for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) for mediastinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. His CAR-T treatment was postponed several times due to prolonged relapsing COVID-19 and new onset of pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis diseases. After 11 weeks of antimycobacterial treatment, CAR T-cell therapy was performed, but complicated by cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS). Two months after CAR-T, the patient developed invasive pulmonary aspergillosis due to A. fumigatus. He was successfully treated with a 6-month course of antitubercular therapy and an 8-month course of antifungal therapy with isavuconazole. Lobectomy was performed due to episodes of severe hemoptysis. The challenging issues of diagnosis, choice, and management of treatments, including drug-drug interactions and length of therapy, are discussed.

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COVID-19Immunotherapy, AdoptiveInvasive Pulmonary AspergillosisLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseTuberculosis, PulmonaryAdultAntifungal AgentsAntitubercular AgentsAspergillus fumigatusCytokine Release SyndromeHumansMaleMediastinal NeoplasmsNeurotoxicity SyndromesNitrilesPyridinesAntifungal AgentsAntitubercular AgentsisavuconazoleNitrilesPyridinesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenTriazoles

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PMID40838528
PMCPMC12519941

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