IVIG Associated Aseptic Meningitis in a Renal Transplant Patient

The management of antibody-mediated rejection in renal transplant recipients involves plasmapheresis with IVIG. Aseptic meningitis is a rare adverse effect of IVIG therapy and is a diagnosis of exclusion. We report a case of a renal transplant patient who developed IVIG associated aseptic meningitis...

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Autores principales: Wanigasekera, Tamara, Grainger, Rachel J., Sexton, Donal J., Magee, Colm
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28620559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6962150
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author Wanigasekera, Tamara
Grainger, Rachel J.
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description The management of antibody-mediated rejection in renal transplant recipients involves plasmapheresis with IVIG. Aseptic meningitis is a rare adverse effect of IVIG therapy and is a diagnosis of exclusion. We report a case of a renal transplant patient who developed IVIG associated aseptic meningitis in the context of management of antibody-mediated rejection, four years after transplantation.
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spelling pubmed-54604092017-06-15 IVIG Associated Aseptic Meningitis in a Renal Transplant Patient Wanigasekera, Tamara Grainger, Rachel J. Sexton, Donal J. Magee, Colm Case Rep Transplant Case Report The management of antibody-mediated rejection in renal transplant recipients involves plasmapheresis with IVIG. Aseptic meningitis is a rare adverse effect of IVIG therapy and is a diagnosis of exclusion. We report a case of a renal transplant patient who developed IVIG associated aseptic meningitis in the context of management of antibody-mediated rejection, four years after transplantation. Hindawi 2017 2017-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5460409/ /pubmed/28620559 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6962150 Text en Copyright © 2017 Tamara Wanigasekera et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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IVIG Associated Aseptic Meningitis in a Renal Transplant Patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28620559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6962150
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