Autor: |
Jang Il Moon, Huaibin M Ko, Kishore R Iyer |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2021 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Korean Journal of Transplantation, Vol 35, Iss 4, Pp 230-237 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2671-8790 |
DOI: |
10.4285/kjt.21.0028 |
Popis: |
Background : The presence of preformed donor-specific antibodies in recipient serum against anti-human leukocyte antigen is a significant risk factor that negatively affects the outcomes of intestinal transplantation. Avoiding high-risk intestinal transplantation by physical and virtual cross matches has had limited success due to time constraints and ineffective correlation, respectively. Methods : We developed a guideline to improve the association between physical and virtual cross matches using the retrospective data of 56 consecutive primary adult isolated intestinal transplantations from a single center. Results : The mean fluorescence intensity of 2,000 for positive donor-specific antibodies revealed the best association between physical and virtual cross matches among different cut-off values, but with an unacceptable false positive rate of 54%. An enhanced virtual cross match with the summation of the mean fluorescence intensity of each anti- human leukocyte antigen improved the association between physical and virtual cross matches, with a sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 98%. Conclusions: This enhanced virtual cross match more effectively predicts high-risk intestinal transplantation and is a better substitute for physical cross-match than the current virtual cross match. It also helps to avoid ill-considered abandonment of intestinal transplantation that is unnecessarily deemed high risk based on a simple virtual cross match. |
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