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Articles tagged "Fungal infection"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Cryptococcal Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients. A Single Center Experience

    M. Radisic,1 N. Pujato,1 A. Dotta,2 R. Livia Franzini,2 M. Bravo,1 L. Rodriguez Rilo,1 C. Giampieri,2 L. Leon,1 M. Rial,1 D. Casadei.1

    1Infectious Diseases, Instituto de Nefrologia de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 2Kidney Transplantation, Instituto de Nefrologia de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    Cryptococcal infections are infrequent but a cause of morbidity & mortality in transplant (T) recipients. Best treatment and the need for secondary prophylaxis are still…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant Tourism and Invasive Fungal Infection

    F. Al Ismaili,1 A. Metry,3 M. Al Riyami,5 F. Khamis,6 F. Shaheen,7 A. Hola,4 I. Al Salmi.2

    1The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; 2The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; 3The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; 4Histopathology, SQUH, Muscat, Oman; 5Infectious Diseases, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; 6SCOT, SCOT, RIyadh, Saudi Arabia; 7The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; 8The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.

    Deceased and live-related Renal transplant (RTX) are widespread approved methods throughout the world. In-addition, commercial-RTX has gained an access at certain places driven by financial…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Retrospective Study of Cryptococcosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients from a Single Center

    R. Wang, M. Cen, J. Lin, H. Huang, W. Peng, J. Wu.

    Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

    Background: The mortality of Cryptococcosis remains unchanged among kidney transplant recipients(KTR) over the past two decades, and the prognosis of Cryptococcosis is yet unpredicted. Hence,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Rates of Posttransplant Cutaneous Disease Differ between Black and White Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    R. Allawh,1 K. Nadhan,1 A. Doyle,2 M. Harhay,3 C. Chung.1

    1Dermatology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; 2Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; 3Internal Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

    Background: Immunosuppression (IS) results in heightened risk of developing posttransplant cutaneous complications. Black solid organ transplant recipients (OTRs), who often receive higher doses of IS…
  • 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…
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