2019 American Transplant Congress » Poster Session A: Transplant Infectious Diseases

Date: Saturday, June 1, 2019

Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm

Location: Hall C & D

Session Type: Poster Session

Meeting: 2019 American Transplant Congress

5:30pm-7:30pm: A Nurse-Driven Influenza Vaccine Ordering Protocol Improves Vaccination Rates in Abdominal Organ Transplant Recipients

T. Ho¹, C. D. Sifri², J. D. Lewis³

5:30pm-7:30pm: Breakthrough Invasive Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Patients Receiving Isavuconazole

M. Fung, C. Devoe, B. S. Schwartz, S. B. Doernberg, J. Babik, P. V. Chin-Hong

5:30pm-7:30pm: Burden of Respiratory Virus Infections in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients: A Nationwide Multi-Season Cohort Study

M. Mombelli¹, D. Neofytos², J. Aubert¹, C. Benden³, C. Berger³, K. Boggian⁴, A. Egli⁵, P. Gasche², H. Hirsch⁵, C. Hirzel⁶, N. Mueller³, C. Van Delden², O. Manuel¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: CCR5-Mediated Recruitment of NK Cells to the Kidney is a Critical Step for Host Defense to Candida albicans Infection

H. R. Cho¹, V. G. Tran², N. N. Nguyen³, S. Lee⁴, S. W. Kang⁴, J. Kim⁴, H. J. Kim⁴, S. J. Park¹, J. S. Lee⁵, B. Kwon⁶

5:30pm-7:30pm: Candida auris after Liver Transplant

N. M. Theodoropoulos, R. Ellison, J. S. Daly, A. Bozorgzadeh, D. A. Mack, L. Gibson, S. M. Levitz

5:30pm-7:30pm: Cholecystitis in High-Acuity Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation: A Five-Year Analysis of Incidence, Causes and Impact

D. S. Graham, T. Ito, M. M. Lu, J. DiNorcia, V. G. Agopian, H. Yersiz, D. G. Farmer, R. W. Busuttil, F. M. Kaldas

5:30pm-7:30pm: Comparison of Proton Pump Inhibitors versus Histamine-2-Receptor Antagonists on Clostridium difficile Rates in Liver Transplant Recipients

S. Wiehe, K. Roach, A. Qamar

5:30pm-7:30pm: Comparison of Two Dosing Regimens of Valganciclovir for Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in High-Risk Liver Transplant Recipients

A. L. Bixby, L. Fitzgerald, L. Cotiguala, J. M. Park, D. Kaul, C. Sonnenday, S. Tischer

5:30pm-7:30pm: Daptomycin Perioperative Prophylaxis for Prevention of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Infection in VRE-Colonized Liver Transplant Recipients during the Early Post-Transplant Period

S. Sarwar, S. Gleeson, M. Malinis, M. M. Azar

5:30pm-7:30pm: De-Novo Letermovir Resistant Mutations in Cytomegalovirus-Infected Tissues of Solid Organs Transplant Recipients

S. HAN, H. Cho, S. Min, Y. Hong

5:30pm-7:30pm: Donor Derived Cell Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) May Aid in the Diagnosis of BK Virus Nephropathy

D. Brennan¹, J. Bromberg², J. Yee³, S. Dholakia³, M. Haas⁴

5:30pm-7:30pm: Donor Derived Strongyloidiasis, a Preventable Event

R. M. La Hoz¹, G. Vece², L. Danziger-Isakov¹, D. Florescu¹, M. Malinis¹, K. Lilly¹, L. Strasfeld¹, R. P. Wood¹, S. Tlusty², C. R. Wolfe¹, M. G. Michaels¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Donor Derived Tuberculosis in Solid Organ Transplantation in the United States: 10 Years of UNOS Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee Experience

M. F. Malinis¹, R. LaHoz¹, G. Vece², S. Tlusty², S. Aslam¹, R. Bag¹, J. Bucio¹, L. Danziger-Isakov¹, D. F. Florescu¹, M. Rana¹, C. Wolfe¹, M. G. Michaels¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Efficacy of Filgrastim in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

M. Spinner¹, K. Gaffney¹, S. Gundling²

5:30pm-7:30pm: Evaluation of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis among Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients; Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole vs Alternative Therapies

E. Aldag, C. Pagels, R. Pedersen, I. Nadeem, V. Gunabushanam, A. Sahajpal, T. J. Dilworth

5:30pm-7:30pm: Evaluation of an Invasive Fungal Infection Prophylaxis Strategy after Liver Transplantation at a Large Academic Medical Center

M. Jorgenson¹, J. Descourouez¹, D. Felix¹, N. Marka², G. Leverson², J. Smith², L. Fernandez², D. Foley²

5:30pm-7:30pm: Experience With Letermovir Use For The Management Of Cytomegalovirus In Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

J. L. Orejas¹, F. M. Marty¹, A. M. McDonnell², M. P. Cheng¹, E. Arbona-Haddad¹, S. P. Hammond¹, S. Koo¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: HTLV Screening among Solid Organ Transplant Candidates at a Large Transplant Center

J. Simkins¹, J. A. Morillas-Rodriguez¹, M. I. Morris¹, L. M. Abbo¹, J. F. Camargo¹, S. Anjan¹, W. Kupin¹, P. Ruiz², C. Fernandez-Bango², J. C. Ramos¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Impact of Multidrug-Resistant Microbes of Donor Lower Respiratory Tract on Early Posttransplant Pneumonia in Bilateral Lung Transplant Recipients without Pretransplant Infection

S. HAN¹, S. Kim², M. Park³, J. Lee⁴, H. Paik⁴

5:30pm-7:30pm: Impact of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms among Donors on Organ Utilization

J. A. Anesi¹, E. Lautenbach¹, J. H. Han¹, D. H. Lee², H. Clauss³, A. Climaco⁴, R. Hasz⁵, E. Molnar³, D. Alimenti¹, S. West⁵, W. B. Bilker¹, P. Tolomeo¹, E. A. Blumberg¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Impact of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Gut Colonization on Liver Transplant Outcomes

D. Chiang, T. C. Dingle, S. Belga, D. Kabbani, J. Walter, J. G. Abraldes, C. Cervera

5:30pm-7:30pm: Impact of a Short Duration, Narrow Spectrum Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Regimen on Multi-Drug Resistant Surgical Site Infections in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

M. John¹, K. Maguigan¹, D. Schain², E. Thomas³, P. Efron⁴, J. Nelson⁵

5:30pm-7:30pm: Incidence of Cytomegalovirus in Moderate Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Low Dose Valganciclovir

T. Fallah¹, A. Logan², L. Beltran Garcia³, L. Bowman²

5:30pm-7:30pm: Infectious Complications in 71 Heart Transplant Recipients at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand

N. Sangpornsuk¹, J. Wanichwatphibun², A. Ariyachaipanich³, P. Ongcharit⁴, K. Jutivorakool⁵, J. Vanichanan⁵

5:30pm-7:30pm: Infectious Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients Age 65 and Older

L. E. Liriano-Ward¹, M. Barbachan e Silva², Y. Azzi¹, M. Ajaimy¹, A. Cambell¹, J. Graham¹, J. Rocca¹, C. Pynadath¹, G. Nair¹, O. Andacoglu¹, S. Greenstein¹, P. Ó Broin², E. Akalin¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Infective Complications after Renal Transplantation – A Single Centre Experience Comparing Alemtuzumab to Basiliximab Induction

R. Czajka, M. Welberry Smith, M. Gittus, E. Lindley, M. Vernon

5:30pm-7:30pm: Is Exposure to Wildfires Associated with Invasive Fungal Infections?

J. S. Mulliken¹, A. G. Rappold², M. Fung¹, J. M. Babik¹, S. B. Doernberg¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Letermovir for CMV Treatment in Solid Organ Transplant

O. Witkowsky, M. Chunduru, A. Chung, A. Diez

5:30pm-7:30pm: Need For Protocol Driven Mmr/vzv Serologic Screening

A. Agarwal¹, L. Brumble¹, H. Wadei², C. Libertin¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Outbreak of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in a Transplant Center Linked to a Single Genotype of Pneumocystis jirovecii: Effects of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Allograft Rejection

S. Hosseini-Moghaddam¹, S. Dufresne², M. Shokoohi³, G. Singh¹, E. HunterGutierrez¹, P. Dufresne², A. House¹, P. Luke¹, A. Nagpal¹, P. Marotta¹, A. Humar⁴, A. Jevnikar¹, D. Kumar⁴

5:30pm-7:30pm: Patterns Of Anti-retroviral Use Among U.s. Liver Transplant Candidates With Hiv

A. A. Shaffer¹, A. G. Thomas², D. L. Segev³

5:30pm-7:30pm: Perceptions and Attitude of Transplant Clinicians towards Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship in Transplant Recipients: A Survey of the American Society of Transplantation

M. So¹, J. Hand², M. Richmond¹, A. Morris³, S. Husain¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Phylogenetic Analysis of the Epstein Barr Virus Nuclear Antigen-1 and Associated Correlates among Canadian Transplant Patients

M. Abdulnoor¹, S. Isabel¹, T. Paton¹, N. Khodai-Booran¹, T. Schechter¹, P. Birk², T. Blydt-Hansen³, B. Foster⁴, S. Mital¹, V. Phan⁵, S. Urschel⁶, G. Casallo¹, T. Papaz¹, L. Hamiwka⁷, S. Min¹, U. Allen¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Pneumocystis Prophylaxis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at Two Large Transplant Centers from 2015-2016: Why Not Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole?

J. M. Lum¹, V. Athans², I. Echenique³, C. E. Koval¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Predictors of Clostridium difficile Infection and Recurrence among 2,622 Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

A. Schluger, R. Rosenblatt, R. Knotts, E. Verna, M. Pereira

5:30pm-7:30pm: Preventing Donor Derived Cryptococcal Infections: Should We Screen Potential Organ Donors with a Serum Cryptococcal Antigen? A Cost Analysis

C. Santos¹, E. Ritz¹, Y. Rhee¹, I. George², J. Pulvirenti³, N. Moore¹, E. Hollinger¹, L. Proia¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Profile of Invasive Fungal Disease after Kidney Transplantation in a Single Brazilian Center

S. C. Miranda, G. M. Pereira Junior, C. A. Felipe, A. S. Alvarenga, P. A. Macedo Souza, C. Ribeiro, S. C. Cantini

5:30pm-7:30pm: Real-Life Food Safety Behavior and Incidence of Food-Borne Infections in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients

M. Lindup, D. Golshayan, M. Pascual, O. Manuel, M. Mombelli

5:30pm-7:30pm: Respiratory Viral Infections and Patient Outcomes in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

M. Gonzalez¹, A. Vostal¹, N. Darling², C. Papastamelos², M. Natarajan³, P. Kumar³, J. Timpone³

5:30pm-7:30pm: Syphilis Transmission in Solid Organ Transplantation

M. Morrison, M. Hurtik, G. M. Lyon, S. Pouch

5:30pm-7:30pm: Target Itraconazole Trough Concentration for Prophylaxis in Lung Transplant

J. A. Morillas-Rodriguez¹, H. Hassouna², F. Marco-Canosa³, K. D. Brizendine¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Targeted Antifungal Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Recipients: Two Year, Retrospective Cohort Analysis

N. Persun¹, J. Doyon², E. Blumberg², S. Prenner², V. Khungar², P. Abt³, C. Sammons¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: The Economic Impact of Surgical Site Infections in Liver Transplantation

Y. Natori¹, D. Kumar², A. Humar², S. Husain², C. Rotstein³

5:30pm-7:30pm: The Impact of Pneumonia after Liver Transplant

N. M. Theodoropoulos, P. Mahboub, A. Bozorgzadeh

5:30pm-7:30pm: Transmission of Infections from Organ Donor to Recipient – German Data

K. Moench, A. Rahmel, A. P. Barreiros

5:30pm-7:30pm: Treatment of Pseudomonas Infection with Beta-Lactams Including Ceftolozane-Tazobactam in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

M. Henry¹, J. Puvvula², J. John Schoen¹, L. Puzniak³, J. Raddatz⁴, T. Van Schooneveld², S. Bergman¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Use of a CMV Specific T Cell Immunity Assay in Late-Onset CMV Infection

O. Beaird¹, M. Carlson¹, P. Gaynor¹, D. Nanayakkara¹, B. Abdalla², S. Bunnapradist², J. Schaenman¹

5:30pm-7:30pm: Vaccination And Allosensitization In Solid Organ Transplant Candidates

L. Lourenco¹, K. B. Bain², L. Bowman³, D. C. Brennan⁴, G. A. Ewald⁵, R. R. Hachem⁶

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