Venoglobulin-s and Venoglobulin-I (sorbitol or aluminum stabilized),
Polygam S/D (glucose, albumin or glycine stabilized) and Iveegam (glucose stabilized) have not been reported to cause renal adverse events.
Treatments given and response type to glucocorticoids (N=66) n (%) Response to oral steroids Steroid dependent 54 (82) Steroid resistant 12 (18) Treatment Prednisone 66 (100) Azathioprine 23 (33)
Polygam 6 (9) IVI dexamethasone 5 (7) Plasmapheresis 5 (7) Cyclophosphamide 2 (3) Dapsone 1 (1) Danazol 1 (1) IVI = intravenous infusion.
Also during the fifth week of hospitalisation, the patient was given a five-day course of intravenous
Polygam (IVIg; National Bioproducts Institute, Pinetown, South Africa).
Always the misanthrope, Bierce even favored allowing Mormons to practice polygamy free of persecution, declaring "Name o' God, let 'em
polygam! They do not force upon others a plurality of wives!" (56) He also objected to the belief of West Coast denizens that their own intimate knowledge of California's "Chinese question" was more grounded than that of citizens and lawmakers in other regions of the country.
The WNV neutralization titers of several US plasma- derived IGIV products (Gammagard Liquid/KIOVIG; Gammagard S/D/
Polygam S/D; Iveegam EN [Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Westlake Village, CA, USA]) and plasma samples obtained from US blood donors after a NAT-confirmed WNV infection were determined by an infectivity assay as earlier described (2), adapted to a classical microneutralization format (3).
Books about polygamy mushroomed in mainstream bookstores with titles such as The Beauty of Polygamy, The Wives of the Prophet and Polygamy from the Perspective of Islam (Gatra 2003a) and the popular magazine
Polygam emerged in 2000 which included sections called "firstpolygamy", illustrating stories of first wives, or "polycelebrity", depicting polygamous practices of celebrities (Gatra 2003b).
Information on how to reduce the risk of these events--which may be associated with rapid infusion--has been added to the labeling of Gammagard S/D (Baxter) and
Polygam S/D (American Red Cross).
Culturally Ba-Haya women are trained not to oversee their husband's life outside the home, and the common institution of
polygam y is strongly supported by existing traditions.
[**] 4 ( 5%) Gamimune-N PID, ITP, adult BMT [++], or pediatric HIV 3 ( 3%) Gammagard S/D(R) [ssss] PID, ITP, or chronic B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia 2 ( 2%) 1 ( 1%) Panglobulin(R) [+] PID or ITP 0 ( 0 ) Venoglobulin-s(R) and PID, ITP, or Kawasaki Venoglobulin-I(R) syndrome 0 ( 0 )
Polygam S/D(R) [ssss] PID, ITP, or chronic B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia 0 ( 0 ) Iveegam (R) PID or Kawasaki syndrome (*.)Use of trade names and commercial sources is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by U.S.
Nevertheless, there are two IVIG products currently on the market (Gammagard S/D[R] and
Polygam S/D[R]) that contain only slight amounts of IgA and can be used with caution in patients with IgA deficiencies (McEvoy, 1996).
Only Gammagard and a nearly identical product called
Polygam, which Baxter manufactured for the American Red Cross, have been found to contain the virus.
The child with aHUS received polyvalent human normal immunoglobulin (
Polygam) and plasma exchange pre-transplant, as well as for 10 days post-transplant.