title: Evaluation of bacterial polysaccharide immune globulin for the treatment or prevention of Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal disease.
abstract: A human hyperimmune globulin termed bacterial polysaccharide immune globulin (BPIG) has been prepared from plasma donors immunized with Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pneumococcal, and meningococcal vaccines. At a dose of 0.5 ml/kg, BPIG increased levels of antibody to Hib by greater than 0.15 microgram/ml within 4-6 h and by 2-4 micrograms/ml at 72 h. Thereafter, antibody declined, with a mean half-life of 27 days. BPIG treatment of Apache infants did not impair their active antibody responses to concurrently administered diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis or Hib oligosaccharide-diptheria CRM197 conjugate vaccines. In high-risk Apache infants, BPIG given at 2, 6, and 10 months of age provided significant protection from invasive Hib infection during infancy. Thus, BPIG may have utility in the prevention of Hib infections in high-risk patients who cannot be immunized adequately with Hib conjugate vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Siber
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Almeido-Hill
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zacher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santosham
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood; D016667:Bacterial Capsules; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D007223:Infant; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000276:immunology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; C044237:Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C074704:bacterial polysaccharide immune globulin