Research Article

The Effect of Histological CD20-Positive B Cell Infiltration in Acute Cellular Rejection on Kidney Transplant Allograft Survival

Table 5

Antirejection therapy and response to treatment.

CD20-negativeCD20-positiveP value
()()

Postrejection immunosuppressant arms0.898
 FK506 + MMF + Pred69 (83.1%)113 (85.0%)
 CSA + MMF + Pred13 (15.7%)18 (13.5%)
 Rapamycin + MMF + Pred1 (1.2%)2 (1.5%)
Antirejection therapy0.004
 Steroids34 (41.0%)81 (60.9%)
 Steroids + antibody49 (59.0%)52 (39.1%)
Response to treatment0.232
 Complete55 (66.2%)86 (64.7%)
 partial11 (13.3%)28 (21.0%)
 No response17 (20.5%)19 (14.3%)