Case of Pneumocystis Pneumonia after High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Hematopoietic Transplantation

Pneumocystis pneumonia is a rare complication of a high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow/peripheral hematopoietic stem cells transplantation in patients with hematological malignances. The absence of typical clinical symptoms and the probability of a lethal outcome require a special approach to this problem. A brief review of literature and presented clinical case give an idea of clinical manifestations, course, diagnostic approaches, prevention, and treatment of pneumocystis pneumonia in this category of patients.

• V.O. Sarzhevskii N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Centre under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203 ; ФГБУ «Национальный медико-хирургический центр им. Н.И. Пирогова» МЗ РФ, ул. Нижняя Первомайская, д. 70, Москва, Российская Федерация, 105203
• V.Ya. Mel’nichenk N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Centre under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203 ; ФГБУ «Национальный медико-хирургический центр им. Н.И. Пирогова» МЗ РФ, ул. Нижняя Первомайская, д. 70, Москва, Российская Федерация, 105203
• D.S. Kolesnikova N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Centre under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203 ; ФГБУ «Национальный медико-хирургический центр им. Н.И. Пирогова» МЗ РФ, ул. Нижняя Первомайская, д. 70, Москва, Российская Федерация, 105203
• O.Yu. Bronov N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Centre under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 70 Nizhnyaya Pervomaiskaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 105203 ; ФГБУ «Национальный медико-хирургический центр им. Н.И. Пирогова» МЗ РФ, ул. Нижняя Первомайская, д. 70, Москва, Российская Федерация, 105203
• V.M. Sotnikov Russian Scientific Center of Roentgenoradiology under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 86 Profsoyuznaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997 ; ФГБУ «Российский научный центр рентгенорадиологии» МЗ РФ, ул. Профсоюзная, д. 86, стр. 5, Москва, Российская Федерация, 117997
• N.N. Smol’tsova Russian Scientific Center of Roentgenoradiology under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 86 Profsoyuznaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997 ; ФГБУ «Российский научный центр рентгенорадиологии» МЗ РФ, ул. Профсоюзная, д. 86, стр. 5, Москва, Российская Федерация, 117997

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