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Severe allograft rejection in an intestinal transplant patient following oral immunoglobulin treatment for chronic norovirus infection: a case report.
Åberg, Fredrik; Savikko, Johanna; Anttila, Veli-Jukka; Mäkisalo, Heikki.
Affiliation
  • Åberg F; Transplantation and Liver Surgery Unit Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki University Helsinki Finland.
  • Savikko J; Transplantation and Liver Surgery Unit Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki University Helsinki Finland.
  • Anttila VJ; Inflammation Center Division of Infectious Diseases Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki University Helsinki Finland.
  • Mäkisalo H; Transplantation and Liver Surgery Unit Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki University Helsinki Finland.
Clin Case Rep ; 6(7): 1232-1235, 2018 Jul.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29988627
In an intestinal transplant patient under triple immunosuppression therapy with tacrolimus levels >10 ng/L, a 2-day oral immunoglobulin therapy given as treatment for chronic norovirus infection was temporally closely associated with the development of severe steroid-resistant acute graft rejection, thus suggesting that oral immunoglobulin might be able to promote a rejection response.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Clin Case Rep Year: 2018 Type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Clin Case Rep Year: 2018 Type: Article