J06AA Immune sera

J06AA01 Diphtheria antitoxin

J06AA02 Tetanus antitoxin

J06AA03 Snake venom antiserum

J06AA04 Botulinum antitoxin

J06AA05 Gas-gangrene sera

J06AA06 Rabies serum

J06BA Immunoglobulins, normal human

J06BA01 Immunoglobulins, normal human, for extravascular administration

J06BA02 Immunoglobulins, normal human, for intravascular administration

J06BB Specific immunoglobulins

J06BB01 Anti-D (rh) immunoglobulin

J06BB02 Tetanus immunoglobulin

J06BB03 Varicella/zoster immunoglobulin

Zoster-immune globulin

Zoster-immune globulin is a globulin fraction of pooled plasma extracted from human donors who have recovered from infection by herpes zoster. ZIG is used in the prevention of chickenpox and shingles, but is not known to be useful in treating clinical varicella or zoster.- References :...

J06BB04 Hepatitis B immunoglobulin

Hepatitis B immune globulin

Hepatitis B immune globulin is a human immune globulin that is used to prevent the development of hepatitis B.-Preparation:HBIG is prepared from the plasma of donors who have high antibody levels of the hepatitis B surface antigen. It is extracted from the Cohn Fraction II...

J06BB05 Rabies

Rabies

Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals. It is zoonotic , most commonly by a bite from an infected animal. For a human, rabies is almost invariably fatal if post-exposure prophylaxis is not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms...

 immunoglobulin

J06BB06 Rubella

Rubella

Rubella, commonly known as German measles, is a disease caused by the rubella virus. The name "rubella" is derived from the Latin, meaning little red. Rubella is also known as German measles because the disease was first described by German physicians in the mid-eighteenth century. This disease is...

 immunoglobulin

J06BB07 Vaccinia

Vaccinia

Vaccinia virus is a large, complex, enveloped virus belonging to the poxvirus family. It has a linear, double-stranded DNA genome approximately 190 kbp in length, and which encodes for approximately 250 genes. The dimensions of the virion are roughly 360 × 270 × 250 nm, with a mass of...

 immunoglobulin

J06BB08 Staphylococcus

Staphylococcus

Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria. Under the microscope they appear round , and form in grape-like clusters....

 immunoglobulin

J06BB09 Cytomegalovirus

Cytomegalovirus

Cytomegalovirus is a viral genus of the viral group known as Herpesviridae or herpesviruses. It is typically abbreviated as CMV: The species that infects humans is commonly known as human CMV or human herpesvirus-5 , and is the most studied of all cytomegaloviruses...

 immunoglobulin

J06BB10 Diphtheria

Diphtheria

Diphtheria is an upper respiratory tract illness caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium. It is characterized by sore throat, low fever, and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity...

 immunoglobulin

J06BB11 Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A is an acute infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus , an RNA virus, usually spread the fecal-oral route; transmitted person-to-person by ingestion of contaminated food or water or through direct contact with an infectious person...

 immunoglobulin

J06BB12 Encephalitis, tick borne immunoglobulin

J06BB13 Pertussis

Pertussis

Pertussis, also known as whooping cough , is a highly contagious bacterial disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. Symptoms are initially mild, and then develop into severe coughing fits, which produce the namesake high-pitched "whoop" sound in infected babies and children when they inhale air...

 immunoglobulin

J06BB14 Morbilli immunoglobulin

J06BB15 Parotitis

Parotitis

Parotitis is an inflammation of one or both parotid glands, the major salivary glands located on either side of the face, in humans. The parotid gland is the salivary gland most commonly affected by inflammation.-Infectious parotitis:...

 immunoglobulin

J06BB16 Palivizumab

Palivizumab

Palivizumab is a monoclonal antibody produced by recombinant DNA technology. It is used in the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections...

J06BB17 Motavizumab

Motavizumab

Motavizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody. It is being investigated by MedImmune for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection in high-risk infants...

J06BB30 Combinations

See also

• Immune sera and immunoglobulins for veterinary use are in the ATCvet group QI
  ATCvet code QI
  -See also:* Immune sera and immunoglobulins for human use are in the ATC group J06.* Vaccines for human use are in the ATC group J07....
  
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