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Old Fri Mar 28, 2014, 10:23 PM
sstewart09 sstewart09 is offline
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EBV reactivation

My husband had reactivation of EBV early in the transplant process. He did not have any GVHD, so they immediately reduced his tacro and eventually took him off of it for a few weeks. He also had 4 rounds of rituxan, 1 dose a week, and that did the trick. Rituxan is a type of chemo and can have some nasty side effects (so they'll premed for it) because it's derived from mouse DNA. This did the trick for him, but there are other options if it doesn't work.
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Samantha, wife of Joe age 34; diagnosed vsaa 2012; MUD BMT February 2013
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