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Articles tagged "Bacterial infection"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Probiotic Protocol to Reduce Perioperative Infection After Liver Transplantation

    M. Jorgenson1, Q. Yang2, D. Yang2, G. Leverson2, C. Saddler2, J. Smith2, N. Safdar2, L. Fernandez2, D. Al-Adra2

    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

    L. A. Morais, D. Reynoso, A. Lea, M. Mujtaba, S. Merwat, R. Kulkarni, J. Fair, M. Kueht

    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

    L. Rice1, A. C. Kalil2, D. Hixson2, M. Leick3

    1Monument Health, Rapid City, SD, 2University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 3Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE

    *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

    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…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Donor-Derived Gram-Negative Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: OPTN DTAC Experience, 2012-2018

    S. Pouch1, B. Plucinski2, R. La Hoz1, A. Agarwal1, S. Aslam1, L. Danziger-Isakov1, S. Ho1, D. Levine1, M. Malinis1, M. Rana1, R. Razonable1, L. Strasfeld1, M. Michaels1

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

    *Purpose: Rates of Gram-negative (GN) organ donor disease transmission are unknown. Potential donor-derived transmission events (PDDTE) reported to the OPTN Ad hoc Disease Transmission Advisory…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Epidemiology of Clostridioides Difficile Infection in Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplant Patients at a Single Transplant Center

    A. Modi1, B. Gonzalez2, K. Brizendine1

    1Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2Pediatric Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients face increased risk of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), with reported CDI incidence of 7.4%-20% far exceeding that of the…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Gut Commensal Microbiota are Associated with a Decreased Risk for Enterobacteriaceae Bacteriuria

    J. R. Lee1, M. Magruder1, L. Zhang1, D. Dadhania1, E. Edusei1, S. Albakry1, M. Lubetzky1, E. Pamer2

    1Medicine / Nephrology and Hypertension, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 2University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Uropathogens from the gut is thought to be a source of bacteriuria and urinary tract infection, but the role of gut commensal microbiota in…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Successful Use of Tedizolid for the Treatment of Nocardiosis in Transplant Recipients

    R. Odrobina1, B. Tritle2, C. A.Gomez1

    1Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2Department of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

    *Purpose: Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection occasionally seen after solid organ (SOT) and hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. Treatment is challenging due to the limited number of…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Maintenance Steroids in the Setting of Alemtuzumab Induction Post-Kidney Transplant Increases Risk of Infection and Hospital Readmission

    A. R. Webb, A. A. Al-Bahou, A. J. Brueckner, A. T. Logan, R. S. Baliga, L. J. Bowman Anger

    Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

    *Purpose: This study sought to assess the safety of steroid-containing maintenance immunosuppression in the setting of alemtuzumab (ALEM) induction.*Methods: Adult (>18 years) kidney transplant recipients…
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