title: Kinetics of cytomegalovirus IgG antibody following infusion of a hyperimmune globulin preparation in allogeneic marrow transplant recipients.
abstract: We investigated prospectively cytomegalovirus (CMV) IgG antibody kinetics following infusion of a CMV hyperimmune globulin preparation in 19 consecutive patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). CMV IgG against late antigen was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. On a prophylactic hyperimmune globulin regimen (100 mg/kg body weight every 20 days), the mean half-life (t1/2) +/- SD of CMV IgG in seronegative patients with seronegative marrow donors was 19.7 +/- 7.9 days after the first infusion on day -7 before BMT, 24.9 +/- 12.5 days after the second infusion on day +13 after BMT, and 19.4 +/- 6.9 days after the third infusion on day +33. The t1/2 in individual patients showed a wide variation ranging from 10.9 to 47.6 days. A therapeutic high-dose hyperimmune globulin regimen (200-400 mg/kg body weight at 4-day intervals) given to five patients resulted in high serum levels of CMV IgG, which were maintained throughout therapy, even in two patients with severe intestinal graft-versus-host disease. The variation of CMV IgG kinetics between individual BMT recipients may contribute to the lack of protection from active CMV infection observed in some patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reusser
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Osterwalder
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Gratama
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: The
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gratwohl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Speck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G