2021 American Transplant Congress
Probiotic Protocol to Reduce Perioperative Infection After Liver Transplantation
1UW Health, Madison, WI, 2UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Evaluate efficacy and safety of a probiotic preparation to reduce perioperative infection in patients undergoing liver transplant surgery*Methods: Adult patients receiving liver transplantation from…2021 American Transplant Congress
Multi-drug Resistant Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, a New Era of Risk
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: Antibiotic drug resistant organisms (DRO) [extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL), vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE), and carbapenem resistant bacteria (CRB)] are becoming more prevalent and pose a…2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Culture-Positive Pneumonia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the differences in clinical outcomes of culture-positive pneumonia in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients compared to…2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Tuberculosis in Lung Transplant Recipients, a Single Center Experience
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Donor-derived (DD) tuberculosis (TB) in solid-organ transplantation (SOT) is rare with the largest review to date identifying only 25 cases of proven or probable…2021 American Transplant Congress
Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Pharmacy, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is the presence of bacteriuria with no symptoms. Recent guidelines recommend against treatment of ASB in kidney transplant (KT) recipients more…2020 American Transplant Congress
High Rate of Positive Cultures from Deceased Donors, A Review of 500 Deceased Donors and More Than 700 Recipients from a Single Center in Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Limited organ supply is one of the major challenges facing organ transplantation. Donor-derived multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria have been documented with variable outcomes. In Saudi…2020 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Dj-1 Amplifies Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury and Increases Parenchymal Apoptosis
1University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Sepsis following kidney transplantation is a frequent complication due to mandatory immunosuppression and increased infection risk. Kidney transplant recipients who develop sepsis show inferior…2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Features and Outcomes of Post-Transplant Osteomyelitis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: As survival time of solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) increases, comorbidities associated with advancing age such as diabetes mellitus and peripheral arterial disease combined…2020 American Transplant Congress
Hyperammonemia Syndrome in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Caused by Quinolone-Resistant Ureaplasma Infection
*Purpose: Urease-producing bacteria release significant amounts of ammonia. Donor-derived Ureaplasma infections in lung transplant recipients have been implicated in the pathogenesis of hyperammonemia syndrome (HS).…2020 American Transplant Congress
Antibiotic Pretreatment Alleviates Liver Transplant Damage by Modulating the Composition of Commensal Microbiota
Surgery, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The human intestinal microbiome contains more than 100 trillion commensal microorganisms, exceeding the number of cells in the human body by 10-fold. Although recent…
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