2018 American Transplant Congress
Tuberculosis among Kidney Transplant Patients Compared to Dialysis and Non-Dialysis CKD Patients over a Decade Period
USRDS showed that 1.2% & 1.6% incidences of tuberculosis-TB in patients on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis-HD, respectively. Kidney transplant-KTX patients have higher rates.We studied the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Allergy to Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients with a History of Macrolide Antibiotic Allergy
Background: Tacrolimus (TAC) is considered a drug of choice for maintenance immunosuppression among kidney transplant (KTX) recipients. Because of structural resemblances between macrolide antibiotics (azithromycin,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Do We Need to Worry about EBV DNAemia in the Late Post-Transplant Period?
Background: Despite detectable Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in blood, kidney transplant patients (KTR) may have no apparent clinical consequence. This study aims to explore the clinical…2018 American Transplant Congress
Opportunistic Infections after Kidney Transplantation Are Independent Risk Factor of Kidney Allograft Loss: A Retrospective Cohort Study
BackgroundCurrently, kidney allograft survival improved, use of depleting antibodies increased anddonor and recipient became older. In this context, no recent study reported epidemiology of opportunistic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Cryptococcal Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients. A Single Center Experience
Cryptococcal infections are infrequent but a cause of morbidity & mortality in transplant (T) recipients. Best treatment and the need for secondary prophylaxis are still…2018 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Tourism and Invasive Fungal Infection
Deceased and live-related Renal transplant (RTX) are widespread approved methods throughout the world. In-addition, commercial-RTX has gained an access at certain places driven by financial…2018 American Transplant Congress
Retrospective Study of Cryptococcosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients from a Single Center
Background: The mortality of Cryptococcosis remains unchanged among kidney transplant recipients(KTR) over the past two decades, and the prognosis of Cryptococcosis is yet unpredicted. Hence,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Infectious Outcomes of Older Adults Undergoing Kidney Transplantation (KT). A Case Control Study
Study Purpose: Our aim was to investigate if among older KT recipient, the types of infections, number of rejections, graft and patient survival in the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Single-Center Experience with Sofosbuvir-Based HCV Treatment after Kidney Transplantation
Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Department, ISCMPA, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection is an important clinical challenge after kidney transplantation. This is the initial report of a single-center experience with sofosbuvir-based HCV…2018 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients Infected with Hepatitis C Virus and Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy
Introduction:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has negative impact on patient and graft survival in kidney transplant recipients. In the past, treatment of HCV infection post…
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