Articles tagged "Fungal infection"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia: Late and Serious Complication Among Kidney Transplant Recipients.
L. Viana, T. Sandes, M. Cristelli, A. Oliveira, D. Santos, H. Tedesco-Silva, J. Medina-Pestana.
HOSPITAL DO RIM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
We report 50 confirmed PJP cases that occurred in kidney transplant patients between 06/16/2011 and 10/17/2015 in a single center.In the studied period, there were…
2015 American Transplant Congress
A Mouse Model of Pneumonitis Induced by Candida Albicans Infection After Allogeneic Skin Transplantation
A. Yang, Z. Guo, W. Ju, Y. Ma, A. Hu, Y. Chen, M. Chen, C. Wu, X. He.
Organ Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Aims:Our study was to build up a mouse model of pneumonitis induced by candida albicans infection after allogeneic skin transplantation.Methods:We used 10 male C57BL/6J mice…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of Low Dose Chemoprophylaxis for Coccidioidomycosis Infection in Liver Transplantation Recipients
R. El Ramahi,² S. Habib,¹ S. Rosen,³ S. Farran,³ C. Walker,³ J. Shubeilat,⁴ S. Yost,⁵ O. McCotter,⁶ M. Cassal,⁶ A. Rana,⁷ T. Boyer,¹ T. Zangeneh.²
¹Liver Research Institute, Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ²Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ³Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ⁴Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA; ⁵Division of Transplantation, School of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; ⁶Office of Border Health, Arizona Department of Health Services, Tucson, AZ; ⁷Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Introduction:Coccidioidomycosis(CM) infection rate of 6.9% has been reported in solid organ transplantation recipients living in endemic Southwestern U.S.Aim:Assess the risk of CM infection in liver…
2015 American Transplant Congress
IL-33 Enhances Host Tolerance to Candida albicans Kidney Infections Through Induction of IL-13 Production by CD4⁺ T Cells
H. Cho,^1,2 J. Lee,^2,3 V. Tran,⁴ H. Kim,^2,4 J. Kim,^2,4 B. Kwon.^2,4
¹Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea; ²Biomedical Research Center, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea; ³Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea; ⁴School of Biological Sciences, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea.
Susceptibility to systemic Candida albicans infection is determined not only by immune resistance but also by the ability to control Candida-induced immunopathologies. We previously showed…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Invasive Aspergillosis in Liver Transplant Recipients Under Current Antifungal Therapy
U. Herden, E. Grabhorn, B. Nashan, L. Fischer.
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Introduction: Invasive aspergillosis is a rare but severe complication following liver transplantation (LTX) with reported mortality rates up to 100%. Our purpose was to investigate…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Distinct Roles of CD137 and CD137L Bi-Directional Signaling in Candida albicans Infection
H. Cho,^1,2 J. Lee,^2,3 V. Tran,⁴ B. Kwon.^2,4
¹Department of Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea; ²Biomedical Research Center, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea; ³Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea; ⁴School of Biological Sciences, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea.
Invasive fungal infections by Candida albicans frequently cause mortality in immunocompromised patients, yet the cellular processes leading to this mortality remain ill-defined. Here, using genetic…