title: Serum sickness following rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin for acute vascular renal allograft rejection.
abstract: A simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipient developed serum sickness manifesting with severe upper limb allodynia, arthralgia and myalgia 17 days following rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) infusion for biopsy-proven vascular rejection. Rapid resolution of symptoms followed treatment with high-dose glucocorticoids. rATG is increasingly favoured over equine ATG in solid-organ transplantation, and although rATG has a superior safety profile, it is important to maintain a high index of suspicion for serum sickness.
authors: Department of Nephrology , St Vincent's Hospital , Melbourne, Victoria , Australia.
authors: Jessie
authors: J
authors: Teng
authors: Department of Nephrology , St Vincent's Hospital , Melbourne, Victoria , Australia.
authors: Xing Ning
authors: XN
authors: Hoo
authors: Department of Nephrology , St Vincent's Hospital , Melbourne, Victoria , Australia.
authors: Sven-Jean
authors: SJ
authors: Tan
authors: Department of Nephrology , St Vincent's Hospital , Melbourne, Victoria , Australia.
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Dwyer
keywords: anti-thymocyte globulin; serum sickness; solid-organ transplant