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Articles tagged "Bacterial infection"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Donor-Derived Tuberculosis in Lung Transplant Recipients, a Single Center Experience

    M. Robbins, D. Kabbani, C. Cervera, C. O'Neil, R. Cooper, K. Halloran, S. Grocholski, K. Doucette

    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

    A. Diamond

    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…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Derived Transmissions 2019: Analysis of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)

    L. Danziger-Isakov1, M. G. Michaels1, A. Agarwal1, S. Aslam1, K. Dunn1, J. Goldman1, D. Levine1, C. Marboe1, G. Marklin1, S. Pouch1, M. Rana1, R. Razonable1, H. L. Stevenson1, H. S. Te1, A. Woolley1, E. Ward2, C. Jett2, L. Cartwright2, R. La Hoz1

    1OPTN DTAC, Richmond, VA, 2UNOS, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: The OPTN DTAC, a multidisciplinary group, evaluates potential donor derived transmission events (PDDTE), mostly infections (I) & malignancies (M), to assess the likelihood of…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Optimal Antimicrobial Duration for Donor Positive Cultures in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    J. Ferrante, K. Schnelle, M. Palettas, S. Sarwar, H. Winters, M. Chunduru

    Pharmacy, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

    *Purpose: Utilization of organs from infected donors carries the risk of transmission of the donor organism to the recipient. While antimicrobials are recommended in recipients…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Molecular Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin-Resistant Enterobacterales Bloodstream Infections Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    J. A. Anesi1, E. Lautenbach1, P. D. Tamma2, K. A. Thom3, K. Alby4, E. A. Blumberg1, W. Bilker1, J. Omorogbe1, P. Tolomeo1, A. Werzen3, J. Han5

    1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 3University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 4University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 5GlaxoSmithKline, Rockville, MD

    *Purpose: Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) have been significantly impacted by the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria, including extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant (ESC-R) Enterobacterales (EB). We determined the…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy and Tolerability of Tedizolid Phosphate in the Treatment of Mycobacterium Abscessus Infection among Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

    Y. Kang, V. M. Aquino, A. Y. Koh, D. Wetzel, P. K. Sue

    Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Mycobacterium abscessus complex infections are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised hosts. Treatment can be challenging due to broad spectrum…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Risk Factors for Bacterial or Candidal Donor-Derived Infections among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    J. A. Anesi1, E. Lautenbach1, J. H. Han2, D. H. Lee3, H. Clauss4, R. Hasz5, E. Molnar4, D. Alimenti1, A. R. Motzer4, S. West5, W. B. Bilker1, P. Tolomeo1, E. A. Blumberg1, T. Prevention Epicenters Program6

    1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2GlaxoSmithKline, Rockville, MD, 3Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 4Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 5Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, 6Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: Donor-derived infections (DDIs) among solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) are often associated with significant morbidity and mortality, although the predisposing factors for DDIs remain…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Cirrhotic Patients: Does Rifaximin Prevent Clostridioides Difficile Infection? A Retrospective Analysis

    J. D. Goldman, V. Aleksenko, J. L. Davila, N. A. Muhktar, K. Kowdley

    Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA

    *Purpose: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and new prevention strategies in high-risk patients are needed. Rifaximin has been…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Use of 16S Sequencing to Reveal Potential Respiratory Pathogens in Lung Transplant Recipients

    C. Eskind1, M. Shilts1, H. Boone1, J. Schmitz2, C. Shaver3, S. Das1, G. Satyanarayana1

    1Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 3Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

    *Purpose: Respiratory infections are common after lung transplant and contribute to mortality and allograft failure. 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing could facilitate diagnosis of…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Transplantation from Donors with Positive Blood Culture

    H. Mo, S. Min, H. Ko, C. Chung, H. Kim, A. Han, J. Ha

    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: The use of organs from donors with infection is limited because of the possibility of transmission. Herein we report our experience of transplantation from…
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