Plasmapheresis, intravenous cytomegalovirus-specific immunoglobulin and reversal of antibody-mediated rejection in a pediatric renal transplant recipient: a case report

Pediatr Transplant. 1999 May;3(2):146-9. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.1999.00022.x.

Abstract

This is a pediatric case report illustrating the development of antibody (Ab)-mediated rejection in a patient with low levels of pretransplant anti-human leucocyte antigen (HLA) panel reactive antibodies (PRA). The clinical course of this patient suggests that aggressive use of a combination of plasmapheresis, monoclonal anti-T-lymphocyte antibody therapy, and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy can reverse Ab-mediated rejection in previously allosensitized pediatric transplant recipients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Graft Rejection*
  • HLA Antigens / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Kidney Transplantation / immunology*
  • Male
  • Muromonab-CD3 / therapeutic use*
  • Plasmapheresis*

Substances

  • HLA Antigens
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Muromonab-CD3