Infections of the Central Nervous System after Unrelated Donor Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation or Human Leukocyte Antigen-Matched Sibling Transplantation
Central nervous system infections are a significant clinical problem associated with poor survival The 5-year cumulative incidence of central nervous system infection was 4.9%, with a median onset of 116 days after transplantation Umbilical cord blood transplantation and advanced disease stage were associated with risk of developing central nervous system infections The most common causative organisms were fungal and viral