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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Nov 6;122(6):1087–1096. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.09.045

Table 3.

Laboratory testing

Baseline and Post-Transplant Laboratory Monitoring
Time interval of evaluation: baseline; post-transplant at 3 months ± 2 weeks; 6 months ± 4 weeks; 12 months ± 4 weeks; years 2-5 post-transplant every 12 months ± 6 months; beyond five years post-transplantation every 3 years ± 1 year after the first five years.
Recommended Studies
Quantitative
immunoglobulins
IgG, IgA, IgM with notation as to whether the patient is currently on IVIG and if so the
    dose and date of last administration
Isoagglutinins Anti-A and anti-B titers (include patient and donor blood type)
Immunization Provide vaccine used, pre and post (include time following immunization) titers,
    information regarding use of IVIG and if on IVIG replacement therapy,
    provide timing of the pre and post titers relative to IVIG administration
Lymphocyte
proliferation
Mitogen
PHA: provide percent of normal response = the patient raw data cpm (or dpm) of
    stimulated cells divided by the lowest cpm (or dpm) of the control (normal)
    response established for the performing lab
Other mitogens including CD3 can be reported but are not essential
Antigen (if performed)
Tetanus: provide percent of normal response = the patient raw data cpm (or dpm) of
    stimulated cells divided by the lowest cpm (or dpm) of the control (normal)
    response established for the performing lab and date of last tetanus
    immunization
Candida: provide percent of normal response = the patient raw data cpm (or dpm) of
stimulated cells divided by the lowest cpm (or dpm) of the control (normal) response
established for the performing lab
Flow cytometry Testing for T cell and B cell surface antigens to be performed as follows;
recommended to be performed centrally
Surface antigens: The following should be evaluated at each interval and both percent
    and absolute number should be reported: CD3, CD4, CD8, CD19 (or CD20),
    CD3-/CD16/56
Naïve T cells: CD4/CD45RA/CD45RO and CD8/CD45RA/CD45RO as three color
    studies reporting CD4+/CD45RA+ and CD8+/CD45RA+ (additional markers
    for naïve cells are not required but could be evaluated including CD27, CD31,
    CD62L and CCR7)
B cell subset: CD19/CD27/anti-IgD as a three color tube (report CD19+/CD27+/IgD+
    and CD19+/CD27+/IgD−)
Thymopoiesis TREC analysis: Guthrie card blood spot method will be performed centrally.
Chimerism T cell, B cell and myeloid chimerism should be performed at 12 months and the method
used should also be reported.
Genotyping All patients not previously genotyped should have a genetic diagnosis established.
Disease-specific assay The following examples are provided
For SCID or CID:
Expression of disease-specific proteins in different lineages
    and at various developmental stages (eg, gamma chain in naïve vs.
    memory B cells in patients with mixed chimerism)
Expression of MHC II molecules in different lineages (for Bare
    Lymphocyte Syndrome)
For WAS: WAS protein levels
For CGD: NADPH oxidase activity