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. 2000 Jul;7(4):703–705. doi: 10.1128/cdli.7.4.703-705.2000

TABLE 2.

Clinical description and results obtained for solid organ transplant patientsa

Patient no. Transplant type Serological status of donor IgG antibody titer (IU/ml) (wks post-TP) Clinical symptoms IgG-AI
1 Heart + 21 (0) 0.70
273 (4) Disseminated toxoplasmosisb 0.58
364 (6) Death 0.48
2 Heart + 753 (0) None 0.57
153 (2) 0.46
1,038 (11) 0.81
3 Liver-lung 212 (0) None 0.70
446 (10) 0.60
772 (12) 0.50
1,354 (19) 0.52
261 (24) 0.52
4 Liver-kidney 130 (0) None 0.72
2,260 (1) 0.73
>2,400 (3) 0.78
>2,400 (8) 0.74
5 Heart NA 106 (0) None 0.50
820 (4) 0.60
1,360 (6) 0.59
1,110 (8) 0.62
a

n = 5. Abbreviations: NA, not available; TP, transplantation. 

b

Probably transmitted by the donor, as attested by anatomopathological signs of evolutive toxoplasmic myocarditis, detection of circulating parasites by PCR, and appearance of newly synthesized IgG isotypes by Western blot analysis (F. Robert-Gangneux et al., submitted for publication).