Orally Administered Human Immunoglobulin Therapy for Norovirus Enteritis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series at a Single Academic Transplant Center
Eliezer Nussbaum, Marwan M. Azar, Elizabeth Cohen, Dayna McManus, Jeffrey Topal, Maricar Malinis
Abstract
Norovirus enteritis can cause intractable diarrhea in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, for which there are no established treatments. We reviewed medical records of 9 SOT recipients at our center who received orally administered human immunoglobulin for norovirus enteritis, and it appeared to be an effective treatment modality.
Topics & Concepts
NorovirusMedicineEnteritisDiarrheaAntibodyOrgan transplantationGastroenterologyTransplantationInternal medicineImmunologyVirusViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchAnimal Virus Infections Studies