Graft-versus-Host Disease

Record number:

1129

Adverse Occurrence type:

Graft versus host disease

MPHO Type:

Estimated frequency:

Rare

Time to detection:

2 months

Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:

fever; neutropenia; rash; septic complications; death;

Demonstration of imputability or root cause:

HLA typing demonstrated donor lymphocytes in the recipient. engraftment of donor lymphocytes

Keywords:

GvHD (graft versus host disease)

septic complications

References:

Graft vs host disease following kidney transplantation using an '0 HLA antigen mismatched' donor.

Suggest references:

Smith, D.M., Agura, E.A., Levy, E.D., Melton, L.B., Domiati-Saad, R. and Klintmalm, G.B. (2006). Graft vs host disease following kidney transplantation using an '0 HLA antigen mismatched' donor Nephrol Dial Transplant 21(9):2656-2659.