2016 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Tract Infections During the First Year After Renal Transplantation: Risk Factors and Nomograms.
Nephrology, Regional University Hospital, Málaga, Spain.
Background: Urinary tracts infections (UTIs) are the most common infectious complications following renal transplantation (RT). The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Single and Recurrent Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infections within the First Year After Kidney Transplantation.
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is the most common infection after kidney transplantation (KT). However studies have been incongruent regarding risk factors associated with incidence and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Virome in Human Kidney Transplants Reveals Multiple Virus Subtypes with Distinct Genome Polymorphisms.
Recent studies have established that human urine has its own unique microbiome, but little is known about the virome. The human virome is the collection…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia: Late and Serious Complication Among Kidney Transplant Recipients.
HOSPITAL DO RIM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
We report 50 confirmed PJP cases that occurred in kidney transplant patients between 06/16/2011 and 10/17/2015 in a single center.In the studied period, there were…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter-Associated Peritonitis Following Kidney Transplant.
While peritoneal dialysis (PD) has become more common, PD catheter management at the time of kidney transplant varies widely by transplant center. We sought to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Give One and Done? Evaluating a Change in Surgical Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Pharmacy, University of Utah Hospital and Clinics, Salt Lake City, UT.
Surgical-site infections (SSIs) occur in up to 11% of kidney transplant (txp) patients (pts). There is no consensus on the optimal peri-op prophylaxis regimen for…2016 American Transplant Congress
Stratifying Skin Versus Non-Skin Cancer Risk Post-Kidney Transplantation According to Patient Characteristics.
Introduction Cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation but risk differs e.g. non-melanoma skin cancers have a better prognosis compared…2016 American Transplant Congress
Prostate Cancer Characteristics and Outcome in Renal Transplant Recipients: Results from a Contemporary Monocentric Study.
Objective To analyze prostate cancer characteristics in a contemporary monocentric renal transplant recipients (RTR) population and to compare oncological outcome after radical prostatectomy (RP) with…2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Renal Allograft Outcome After Parathyroidectomy.
Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
Parathyroidectomy (PTx) after kidney transplantation (Tx) has been reported to have adverse effects on the allograft. In this study, we analyzed the course of patients…2016 American Transplant Congress
Is There a Link Between Proteinuria and Increased FGF-23 Levels in Renal Transplant Patients.
Purpose: Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) has emerged as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality in renal transplant (RT) recipients. Post transplantation proteinuria…
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