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Originally Posted by Greg H
One of the objections to Campath is that it takes a very long time for the lymphocytes to recover, which exposes the patient to the potential for infection from viruses they already have, or new ones they are exposed to. One of the Fellows told me that some folks call Campath "AIDS in a bag," because it leaves your immune system compromised in essentially the same way as an AIDS patient.
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In that way Campath treatment is like the chemo and radiation before a bone marrow transplant, which knock out your entire immune system so it can be replaced with a donated one. The longer it takes for engraftment and the kick-starting of the new immune system, the higher the potential for infection.