Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Pediatric kidney transplantation part 88




How is EBV treated?

Treatment of EBV depends on the results of the tests.
  • No treatment is needed if neither EBV nor EBV antibodies are present in the blood
  • If there are antibodies but no EBV, a patient is usually monitored over time
  • If there is evidence of EBV in the patient's blood, sometimes transplant doctors  may lower the dose of immunosuppression to allow the body to clear the virus on its own
  • Drugs to treat EBV are available, but often they are poorly effective or have side effects

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