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  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Routine Molecular Clostridioides difficile Screening and Overtreatment in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    M. E. Newman1, C. Oehler1, M. Enriquez1, E. Landon1, C. T. Nguyen2, N. N. Pettit2, J. P. Ridgway1, J. Pisano1

    1Section of Infectious Disease, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2Department of Pharmacy, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The objective of this analysis is to determine how frequently positive Clostridioides difficile (CD) screening tests, potentially identifying up to 20% of inpatients with…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    FTY720 Regulates Mitochondria Biogenesis in Dendritic Cells to Prevent Kidney Ischemic Reperfusion Injury

    A. Bajwa1, V. Bontha1, C. Kuscu1, L. Gallon2, C. Kuscu1, J. Eason3, D. Maluf1, V. Mas4

    1UTHSC, Memphis, TN, 2Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 3Director Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, 4Director Transplant Reserach Institute, Memphis, TN

    *Purpose: FTY720, a S1PR agonist has been shown to protect kidneys from IRI. However, systemic use is limited due to adverse side effects. Dendritic cells…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Graft Perfusion with Alvespimycin, an HSP90 Inhibitor, Suppresses IL-2 and IL-12p40 Production in Graft-Infiltrating Cells, Leading to Prolongation of Graft Survival in Murine Heart Transplantation

    T. Tanaka, T. Maehana, N. Masumori

    Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan

    *Purpose: We have previously demonstrated that administration of a heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitor prolonged the allograft survival in murine skin and heart transplantations.…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Is Kidney Transplantation Actually a Cost-Effective Alternative Also for Older Patients?

    K. Heldal1, K. Lønning2, V. Tsarpali1, K. Midtvedt2

    1Clinic of Internal Medicine, Telemark Hospital Trust, Skien, Norway, 2Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

    *Purpose: We aimed to study the health economic effects of kidney transplantation in a population of kidney transplant candidates > 65 years of age.*Methods: We…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Donors and Drugs: How Often Do They Mix? Utilization of Donors Based on Toxicology Findings

    J. T. Lansinger1, A. Long1, C. Barreiro2, J. M. Herre2, H. Copeland3, W. Old2, G. Zeevi2, C. D. Kemp2, J. M. Philpott2, K. Stelling2, A. Ingemi2, B. H. Smith2, P. Bourassa2, D. A. Baran2

    1Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 2Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, VA, 3Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

    *Purpose: Despite an increasing number of patients waiting for heart transplantation, the growth of transplant volume has risen slowly. The opioid crisis has resulted in…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Comparative Analysis of Belatacept and Mycophenolate Monotherapy-Based Regimens for HLA Identical Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

    M. Yamada, K. Meganathan, A. Shields, P. Brailey, S. Tremblay, A. Govil, R. R. Alloway, S. Shah, E. S. Woodle, B. G. Abu Jawdeh

    Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

    *Purpose: HLA identical (HLA ID) living donor kidney transplants (KTx) provide long-term survival with substantially reduced rejection risk; aspects that can be exploited in designing…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Graft CMV Serostatus Influences the Development of Arterial and Venous Vascular Events in Seronegative Recipients after Organ Transplantation

    S. Belga, C. MacDonald, D. Chiang, D. Kabbani, S. Shojai, J. G. Abraldes, C. Cervera

    University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    *Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common opportunistic pathogen following solid organ transplantation (SOT) and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. CMV infection…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Elevated Donor Derived Cell Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) Levels in the Presence of Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) Are a Strong Predictor of Antibody Mediated Rejection (ABMR) in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients

    D. Puliyanda1, R. D. Swinford2, H. Pizzo1, J. Garrison1, I. Kim1, A. M. De Golovine2, S. Jordan1

    1Pediatric Nephrology, Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, 2Pediatric Nephrology, UTHealth, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: A renal biopsy, the gold standard for the diagnosis of antibody mediated rejection (ABMR) in transplant recipients, is invasive and may be associated with…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Characterizing the Dominant Phenotype in Kidney Transplant Biopsies: Improving the Prediction of Risk by a Global View of Rejection, Injury, and Atrophy-Fibrosis

    P. F. Halloran and The INTERCOMEX Investigators1, J. Reeve2

    1University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    *Purpose: Interpreting kidney transplant biopsies by histology or molecules involves assigning scores for separate pathologic categories: rejection, acute injury (molecules only), and chronic parenchymal loss…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Autoresuscitation in Donation after Cardiac Death Donors

    C. W. Koo1, R. A. Helmick1, K. Van Frank2, K. Gilley2, J. D. Eason1

    1UTHSC / Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, 2Mid South Transplant Foundation, Memphis, TN

    *Purpose: Donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors are subject to an observation period after asystole to monitor for cardiopulmonary autoresuscitation (AR). Periods vary between and…
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