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

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.