Table 2.
Disease/pathogen source | Immunoglobulin product | |
---|---|---|
Allograft rejection | Equine or rabbit anti-thymocyte IgG | |
Anthrax | Monoclonal antibody (Raxibacumab and Obiltoxaximab), immune human Ig (Anthrivig™) | |
Snakebite | Black widow spider | Equine Ig |
Scorpion | Equine F(ab’)2b | |
Rattlesnakec | Ovine Fabb | |
Botulism | Type A and B | Human Ig |
Type A-G | Equine Ig | |
Chickenpox, shingles (Varicella-Zoster virus) | Immune human Igd | |
Cytomegalovirus | Immune human Ig | |
Digoxin toxicity or overdose | Ovine Fabb | |
Diphtheria | Specific equine Ig | |
Hepatitis A, measles | Pooled human Ig | |
Hepatitis B | Immune human Ig | |
Primary Humoral Immunodeficiency, Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, (prevention of) allogeneic bone marrow transplantation rejection, Guillain Barré syndrome, Kawasaki disease | Pooled human IgGd | |
Rabies | Immune human Ig | |
Respiratory syncytial virus induced disease | Monoclonal antibody (Palivizumab) | |
Smallpox (Vaccinia virus) | Immune human Ig | |
Tetanus | Immune human Igd |
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Fab/F(ab’)2 denotes products of IgG molecules after enzymatic digestion still capable of binding to antigen in question.
Rattlesnake antivenom covers following species: North American snake venoms: Crotalus atrox (Western Diamondback rattlesnake), Crotalus adamanteus (Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake), Crotalus scutulatus (Mojave rattlesnake), and Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin).
Pooled human IgG (i.e. IVIG) can also be used.