Cytomegalovirus infection as a cause of cytopenia after chemotherapy for hematological malignancies

Objective Unlike hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, there is very little information on cytomegalovirus (CMV) related cytopenias occurring in patients having acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) receiving standard dose chemotherapy (SDCT). We studied the role of CMV infection in cytopenias after SDCT for childhood ALL or NHL.