2022 American Transplant Congress
Immunity Rates to Hepatitis B Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Immunosuppression after transplantation decreases vaccine responsiveness. Thus, to be best protected from post-transplant communicable diseases, vaccination of organ transplant candidates in the pre-transplant period…2020 American Transplant Congress
Pharmacist Initiated Hepatitis B Vaccinations in Liver Transplant Recipients
1Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, 2Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The risk of developing hepatitis B after liver transplantation remains high in nonimmune patients receiving an allograft from a hepatitis B core antibody positive…2016 American Transplant Congress
Vaccination Compliance in Listed Kidney Transplant Candidates: A Retrospective Chart Review.
Background: Infections in solid organ transplant recipients, some of which are vaccine preventable, may result in excessive morbidity and mortality. Immunosuppressive agents increase the risk…2015 American Transplant Congress
Effective Long-Term Prophylaxis against De Novo Hepatitis B With Hepatitis B Vaccination in Pediatric Recipients of HbcAb-Positive Liver Grafts
Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Background) Controversy still exists concerning the use of livers from hepatitis B surface antigen-negative (HBsAg-)/hepatitis B core antibody-positive (HBcAb+) donors for liver transplantation (LT). We…2015 American Transplant Congress
Active Immunization in Patients Transplanted for Hepatitis B Virus Related Liver Diseases: A Preliminary Report of a Prospective Study
Aims: The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate the effectiveness and safety of procedural HBV vaccine in patients transplanted for hepatitis B virus…
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