Treatment of a Jehovah's Witness with Immune Globulin: Case of a Child with Kawasaki Syndrome

Immune globulin for injection or infusion has been used as a prophylactic and therapeutic treatment in such diverse conditions as Kawasaki disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and hepatitis B.8 Pediatricians may care for Jehovah9s Witness children who have these disorders. The biological precedent of active immunoglobulin transfer during fetal life identifies immune globulin as different than red blood cells and provides a rationale for Jehovah9s Witnesses to accept immune globulin therapy for their children without compromising their religious beliefs.