Comparing a neutropenic diet to a food safety-based diet in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Nutrition during hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) has evolved over the past 50 years. In the 1960 ’s, HSCT recipients were placed in a total protective environment, and all items, including clothes and linens were sterilized prior to being taken into the bone marrow transplant unit. All food was sterilized, and HSCT recipient gastrointestinal tracts were “cleansed” with castor oil and anti biotics [1-3]. The diet order for a patient receiving HSCT was known as the neutropenic diet (also known as the immune compromised diet, low bacteria diet, low microbial diet, or sterile diet) [1,4-6].

Source: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation - March 21, 2019 Category: Hematology Authors: Cynthia Taggart, Nicole Neumann, Priscila Badia Alonso, Adam Lane, Abigail Pate, Audrey Stegman, Ava Stendahl, Stella M. Davies, Christopher E. Dandoy, Michael Grimley Source Type: research