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. 2023 Jul 20;107(8):1776–1785. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004586

TABLE 2.

Direct comparison of the VXM vs the physical crossmatch

VXM Physical flow crossmatch Concordance
Exchange no. Class I DSA (MFI) T-cell prediction Class II DSA (MFI) B-cell prediction Class I DSA (MFI) T-cell result Class II DSA (MFI) B-cell result T cell B cell
6 B48 (17 978 ± 2811), Cw8 (2715 ± 626), A68 (1138 ± 498) POS (5) No DSA POS (5) B48 (16 738 ± 2967), Cw8 (3316 ± 2222) POS (5) No DSA POS (5) 100% 100%
7 B41 (2127 ± 854) NEG (7)
POS (4) Borderline (1)
DP4 (3629 ± 686) POS (8)
NEG (4)
B41 (2162 ± 568) POS (10)
NEG (1)
U (1)
DP4 (4703 ± 1765) POS (11)
U (1)
40% 73%
8 A11 (3249 ± 1180) POS (13)
NEG (2)
DQ7 (5215 ± 1272) POS (13)
NEG (1)
A11 (2963 ± 1242) POS (11)
NEG (3)
U (1)
DQ7 (4496 ± 1736) POS (10)
NEG (4)
85% 77%
9 A1 (3450 ± 827), Cw7 (3004 ± 573) POS (10)
Borderline (2)
No DSA POS (9)
NEG (2)
Borderline (1)
A1 (2738 ± 940), Cw7 (2689 ± 597) POS (9)
NEG (3)
No DSA POS (6)
NEG (6)
90% 67%
10 B18 (7160 ± 2586), Bw6 (11 236 ± 5526) POS (13)
NEG (1)
No DSA POS (10)
NEG (4)
B18 (7134 ± 2572), Bw6 (12 230 ± 5720) POS (12)
NEG (2)
No DSA POS (10)
NEG (4)
92% 100%
11 B27 (2843 ± 1321) B51 (4650 ± 1572) POS (14) DR53 (11 186 ± 4004) POS (14) B27 (2889 ± 1060), B51 (4546 ± 1597) POS (14) DR53 (11 679 ± 3998) POS (11)
NEG (3)
100% 79%
12 Cw5 (2116 ± 621) NEG (10)
Borderline (3)
U (1)
No DSA NEG (13)
Borderline (1)
Cw5 (2492 ± 1127) NEG (14) No DSA NEG (14) 71% 93%
13 Cw4 (3215 ± 1151)
A23 (13 609 ± 5611)
Cw7 (12 623 ± 5423)
POS (16) No DSA POS (16) A23 (12 276 ± 4804)
Cw7 (11 940 ± 5327)
POS (16) No DSA POS (12)
NEG (2)
Borderline (2)
100% 75%
14 B58 (4363 ± 1568) POS (15)
Borderline (4)
DR4 (11 386 ± 3762)
DR53 (4629 ± 1744)
DQ4 (3221 ± 1390)
POS (19) B58 (4984 ± 2265) POS (18)
NEG (1)
DR4 (12 338 ± 3073)
DR53 (4985 ± 1747)
DQ4 (5198 ± 2955)
POS (19) 83% 100%
15 No DSA NEG (14)
POS (1)
Borderline (1)
DP5 (16 024 ± 3299) NEG (14)
POS (1)
Borderline (1)
No DSA NEG (9)
POS (5)
Borderline (2)
DP5 (13 295 ± 3951) POS (13)
NEG (2)
Borderline (1)
64% 14%
16 No DSA NEG (15) DR17 (14 056) DR52 (8229) DP2 (2904) POS (15) No DSA NEG (12)
Positive (1)
Borderline (2)
DR17 (13 689 ± 4299)
DR52 (11 878 ± 4582)
DP2 (4112 ± 1955)
POS (15) 80% 100%
17 No DSA NEG (13)
Borderline (1)
DQ6 (22 903 ± 4271)
DQA1 (19 059 ± 7466)
POS (14) No DSA NEG (11)
Borderline (2)
Positive (1)
DQ6 (21 897 ± 4715) POS (14) 85% 100%

Direct comparison of VXM predictions with FXM outcomes for Exchanges 6 to 17. Expected FXM predictions, along with DSA and DSA strengths, are shown on the left-hand side of the table for an individual donor cell–recipient serum pair. Actual physical FXM outcome for the same cell-serum pair are shown on the right for comparison. Agreement between predictions and the physical FXM is shown to be influenced by DSA strength.

DSA, donor-specific antibody; FXM, flow cytometry crossmatch; MFI, median florescence intensity ± SD; NEG, negative; POS, positive; U, undetermined; VXM, virtual crossmatch.