Adjuvant haploidentical virus-specific T lymphocytes for treatment of disseminated adenovirus infection in a premature infant.

Auletta, Jeffery J; Sánchez, Pablo J; Meyer, Erin K; O'Donnell, Lynn C; Cassady, Kevin A; Ouellette, Christopher P; Hecht, Shaina; Diaz, Alejandro et al. · J Allergy Clin Immunol · 2019

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report the first therapeutic infusion of haploidentical virus-specific T lymphocytes (VSTs) to treat maternally-transmitted, disseminated adenovirus infection in a premature infant. Infusion of maternal VSTs, isolated using interferon-gamma capture, associated with clinical improvement and viral clearance.

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