MARCELO BELLESSO
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LIM/31 - Laboratório de Genética e Hematologia Molecular, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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conferenceObject Risk Factors for Early Mortality in Fragile Patients with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma at Diagnosis Who Need Hospitalization in a Developing Country(2016) BARBOSA, Ivan de Carvalho Valente; BELLESSO, Marcelo; LEVY, Debora; PEREIRA, Juliana; ROCHA, Vanderson- Is it feasible to use granulocyte-colony stimulating factor alone to mobilize progenitor cells in multiple myeloma patients induced with a cyclophosphamide, thalidomide and dexamethasone regimen?(2016) CRUSOE, Edvan de Queiroz; HIGASHI, Fabiana; MARTINEZ, Gracia Aparecida; BARROS, José Carlos; BELLESSO, Marcelo; ROSSATO, Marina; MARRET, Ana Cinira F.; CHIATTONE, Carlos Sérgio; HUNGRIA, Vania Tietsch de MoraesABSTRACT Background: Cyclophosphamide plus thalidomide as induction for multiple myeloma patients eligible for autologous stem cell transplantation may be a limiting factor for cell mobilization. The minimum acceptable mobilized peripheral blood stem cell count to prevent deleterious effects during transplantation is 2.0 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg. Combining other treatments to granulocyte-colony stimulating factor, such as cyclophosphamide, could overcome the mobilization limitation. The objective of this study was to assess the number of CD34+ cells mobilized using granulocyte-colony stimulating factor with and without cyclophosphamide after induction with cyclophosphamide, thalidomide and dexamethasone. Methods: A retrospective study was performed of a cohort of multiple myeloma patients submitted to autologous stem cell transplantations at two Brazilian centers between May 2009 and July 2013. The oral cyclophosphamide and thalidomide induction doses used were 1500 mg/month and 100-200 mg/day, respectively. Mobilization doses were 10-15 mcg/kg granulocyte-colony stimulating factor with 2-4 g/m2 cyclophosphamide, or 15-20 mcg/kg granulocyte-colony stimulating factor alone for 5 days. Collection of >2.0 × 106 CD34+ cells/kg was considered sufficient. Results: Eighty-eight patients were analyzed; only 18 received cyclophosphamide. The median age was 58 years old (range: 51-62) for the granulocyte-colony stimulating factor group and 56.5 years old (range: 54-60) for granulocyte-colony stimulating factor plus cyclophosphamide group. Fifty-two patients were male. Eighty cases (90.9%) were Durie-Salmon Staging System III-A/B and 38 (44.7%) and 20 cases (23.5%) were International Staging System 2 and 3, respectively. The group that received cyclophosphamide collected a higher median number of progenitor cells [3.8 (range: 3.1-4.4) vs. 3.2 (range: 2.3-3.8)] (p-value = 0.008). No correlation was observed between better responses or number of induction cycles and the number of cells collected. Conclusion: The number of cells mobilized with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor plus cyclophosphamide was higher. However, in both groups, the median number of CD34+ cells was sufficient to perform a single autologous stem cell transplantation; no deleterious effects were reported during harvesting.
- Rhizopus arrhizus and Fusarium solani Concomitant Infection in an Immunocompromised Host(2016) ALMEIDA JUNIOR, Joao N. de; IBRAHIM, Karim Y.; NEGRO, Gilda M. B. Del; BEZERRA, Evandro D.; DUARTE NETO, Amaro N.; BATISTA, Marjorie V.; SICILIANO, Rinaldo F.; GIUDICE, Mauro C.; MOTTA, Adriana L.; ROSSI, Flavia; PIERROTTI, Ligia C.; FREIRE, Maristela P.; BELLESSO, Marcelo; PEREIRA, Juliana; ABDALA, Edson; BENARD, GilNeutropenic patients are at risk of the development of hyalohyphomycosis and mucormycosis. Correct identification is essential for the initiation of the specific treatment, but concomitant mold infections are rarely reported. We report one unprecedented case of concomitant mucormycosis and fusariosis in a neutropenic patient with acute myeloid leukemia. The patient developed rhino-orbital infection by Rhizopus arrhizus and disseminated infection by Fusarium solani. The first culture from a sinus biopsy grew Rhizopus, which was consistent with the histopathology report of mucormycosis. A second sinus biopsy collected later during the patient's clinical deterioration was reported as hyalohyphomycosis, and the culture yielded F. solani. Due to the discordant reports, the second biopsy was reviewed and two hyphae types suggestive of both hyalohyphomycetes and mucormycetes were found. The dual mold infection was confirmed by PCR assays from paraffinized tissue sections. Increased awareness of the existence of dual mold infections in at-risk patients is necessary. PCR methods in tissue sections may increase the diagnosis of dual mold infections. In case of sequential biopsies showing discrepant results, mixed infections have to be suspected.
bookPart Linfomas agressivos(2016) PEREIRA, Juliana; BELLESSO, Marcelo; ABDO, André Neder R.