Transplant Question 38

A 55-year-old man with a remote history of lung cancer underwent living-donor kidney transplant due to end-stage renal disease related to chemotherapy. He is unsensitized and is an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) mismatch with his donor (i.e. recipient is serologically negative, while donor is serologically positive for both).

Which induction therapy would you recommend and why?


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