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Articles tagged "Fungal infection"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Itraconazole Prophylaxis, Trough Concentration, and Identification of Fungal Pathogens in Lung Transplant

    H. Hassouna, V. Athans, K. Brizendine.

    Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

    Studies of prophylactic itraconazole (ITR) in lung transplant recipients (LTR) are lacking. Our purpose was to evaluate LTR who received ITR prophylaxis and the association…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Bloodstream Infection Caused by Enteric Organisms during the First 6 Months after Intestinal Transplant

    J. Simkins,1 J. Morillas-Rodriguez,1 M. Morris,1 L. Abbo,1 J. Camargo,1 R. Vianna.2

    1Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, Miami; 2Surgery, University of Miami, Miami.

    Background: Irreversible intestinal failure can be treated effectively with intestinal transplant (ITx). Infections are common after ITx but data on bloodstream infection (BSI) due to…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    T2Candida for Diagnosis of Candidemia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    T. McCarty, J. Baddley, J. Locke, R. Mannon, D. Eckhoff, V. Rusanov, S. Moser, P. Pappas.

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

    Purpose: Candidemia is a critical contributor to morbidity following solid organ transplantation (SOT). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the T2Candida assay (T2)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Fluconazole Prophylaxis on Fungal Infections in Liver Transplant Recipients

    K. Roach,1 S. Todd,2 M. Lyon,2 R. Subramanian.2

    1Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA; 2Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA.

    The purpose of this study was to assess if utilizing fluconazole for prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in high risk liver transplant recipients is…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Increase in Potentially Resistant Non-Aspergillus Molds Isolated in Lung Transplant Recipients after Voriconazole and Posaconazole Prophylaxis

    M. Fung,1 J. Greenland,2,3 S. Hays,2 J. Singer,2 J. Golden,2 P. Chin-Hong.1

    1Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; 2Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

    Background: Lung transplant recipients are at higher risk for invasive fungal infections compared to other solid organs transplant patients. Antifungal prophylaxis with mold-active azoles has…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Micafungin Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Recipients at High Risk for Invasive Fungal Infections

    A. Nolan, N. Harriott, K. Startsman.

    Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Washington, DC.

    Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the incidence of proven or probable invasive fungal infections in the first 90 days after transplant in high…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Solid Organ Transplantation and Data Mining: Risk Factors for Invasive Fungal Disease in Heart Transplant Recipients

    N. Barros, D. Xie, C. Yek, T. Liu, X. Li, B. Adams-Huet, J. Martinez, S. Garg, J. Grodin, R. Morelend, A. Amin, F. Aras, J. Thibodeau, P. Mammen, M. Peltz, M. Drazner, W. Ring, R. Haley, R. La Hoz.

    UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX.

    We created a database of solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients using innovative data mining tools. This study describing the epidemiology of invasive fungal disease (IFD)…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Isavuconazole – The Real-World Use Experience

    H. Hassouna, V. Athans, K. Brizendine.

    Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

    Isavuconazole (ISV) is a new triazole approved for treatment of mucormycosis and aspergillosis. Data on its effectiveness outside clinical trials and in patients receiving prior…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    A Retrospective Review of De Novo Coccidioidomycosis among Remote Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in Arizona

    T. Zangeneh,1 J. August,1 N. Beatty,1 K. Asbury,2 L. Mi,2 J. Blair.2

    1Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Arizona/Banner University Medical Center/Valley Fever Center for Excellence, Tucson, AZ; 2Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ.

    Background: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients residing in a Coccidioides-endemic region that acquire infection are at risk for complicated and protracted infection. Following transplantation, prophylaxis…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Renal Transplants from Donors with Positive Blood or Urine Cultures

    L. Chen,1 D. Kamiyama,2 L. Francalacci,1 E. Zhu,2 M. Donnelley,2 N. Clayton,2 K. Alman,1 A. De Mattos,1 J. Brown.3

    1Transplant Nephrology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; 2Pharmacy, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; 3Infectious Diseases, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.

    OBJECTIVES: To evaluate outcomes in renal transplant recipients who received organs from donors with positive blood or urine cultures.METHODS: We performed a retrospective, single-center study…
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