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…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Echinocandins in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTRs).
Y. AlJishi,¹ C. Rotstein,¹ D. Kumar,¹ A. Humar,¹ L. Singer,² S. Keshavjee,² S. Husain.¹
¹Transplant Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Toronto Lung Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Purpose: Echinocandins are a class of antifungal drugs that have activity against Aspergillus species. However, the use of echinocandins in LTRs is not well reported.…
2017 American Transplant Congress
CCR5-Mediated Recruitment of NK Cells to the Kidney Is Critical for Resistance to Candida albicans Infections.
J. Lee,^1,4 V. Tran,³ H. Kim,¹ B. Kwon,^1,3 K. Park,^1,4 H. Cho.^1,2
¹Biomedical Research Center, Ulsan University Hospital and School of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Republic of Korea; ²Department of Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital and School of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea, Republic of Korea; ³School of Biological Sciences, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea, Republic of Korea; ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital and School of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea, Republic of Korea
We previously showed that CCR5 mediates recruitment of NK cells to the kidney after renal ischemia and reperfusion, which in turn induce the production of…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Risk Factors for Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS) in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTRs): Results of an International Cohort Study.
N. Law,¹ B. Hamandi,¹ C. Fegbeutel,² F. Silveira,³ E. Verschuuren,⁴ P. Ussetti,⁵ P. Chin-Hong,⁶ A. Solé,⁷ C.-L. Holmes-Liew,⁸ E. Billaud,⁹ P. Grossi,¹⁰ O. Manuel,¹¹ D. Levine,¹² R. Barbers,¹³ D. Hadjiliadis,¹⁴ L. Singer,¹ S. Husain.¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ³University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ⁴University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ⁵Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain; ⁶University of California, San Francisco, CA; ⁷University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; ⁸Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia; ⁹APHP Hopital Européen G Pompidou, Paris, France; ¹⁰University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; ¹¹University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; ¹²University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; ¹³KECK Medical Center of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; ¹⁴University of Pennsylvania, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Introduction:Bronchiolitis obliterates syndrome (BOS) is a major impediment in the long term survival of LTRs. The main objective of this study was to identify infectious…
2017 American Transplant Congress
High Mortality in Transplant Recipients Associated with Coccidioidomycosis Derived from Organ Donors.
N. Jeyakumar,² N. Neidlinger,³ M. Salvatore,³ C. Brown,⁴ T. Carpenter,³ M. Fung,¹ P. Chin-Hong.¹
¹Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ²Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; ³Donor Network West, San Ramon, CA; ⁴Decision Patterns, Oakland, CA
Purpose Coccidioidomycosis (CI) occurs in 4-9% of solid organ recipients in endemic areas, resulting in 30-63% mortality. CI can be transmitted directly via transplantation, but…