Children with Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) Often Receive Blood

question 6

Multiple Choice

Children with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) often receive blood products. Any blood products administered to children with SCID who have T-cell deficiencies should be irradiated and cytomegalovirus-negative because of the risk of:

• A)Transfusion reaction from lymphocytes and platelets in the donor blood.
• B)Transfusion reaction and infection from lymphocytes in the donor blood.
• C)Infection and graft-versus-host disease from lymphocytes in the donor blood.
• D)Infection and graft-versus-host disease from erythrocytes in the donor blood.

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