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Articles tagged "Hepatitis B"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Implementation of a Risk Stratified Approach for Prevention of Hepatitis B Reactivation Post Kidney Transplant.

    M. Cote,1 M. Pavlakis,2 J. Ethridge,1 C. Currier,2 M. Curry,2 E. Khankin,2 F. Cardarelli,2 K. Richards,1,2 C. Rogers.1,2

    1Department of Pharmacy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston; 2Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.

    A large percentage of patients with end stage renal disease are known to be Hepatitis B virus (HBV) positive. A 2015 consensus guideline on use…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Hepatitis B Reactivation Among Non-Liver Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

    A. Gonzalez, F. Forouton, A. Humar, S. Husain.

    Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Transplant Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

    IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of post-transplant hepatitis B (HBV) reactivation in patients who have previously cleared hepatitis B surface…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Prophylactic Anti-Virus Therapy, Is It Necessary to Occult Hepatitis B Virus Carriers with HBsAg(-) and HBcAb(+) After Kidney Transplantation?

    G. Chen, C. Wang, L. Chen, J. Qiu, C. Wang.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    Background Hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection is common among uremia patients in China. Many patients received kidney transplantation are occult HBV carriers with HBsAg(-) and HBcAb(+)…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Incidence, Risk Factors and Clinical Course of De Novo Hepatitis B Infection in Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation.

    Z. Baris, F. Ozcay, G. Moray, M. Haberal.

    Pediatric Gastroenterology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey; Pediatric Gastroenterology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey; Department of General Surgery, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey; Department of General Surgery, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.

    Aim: We evaluated the incidence, risk factors and clinical course of liver transplanted pediatric patients with de novo hepatitis B infection and the clinical course…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Hepatitis B Immune Globulin Withdrawal in HBsAg Positive Liver Transplant Patients.

    A. Nolan,1 C. Onwudiwe,1 A. Rangnekar,2 R. Satoskar,2 T. Fishbein.2

    1Department of Pharmacy, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; 2Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

    Introduction: Liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) is associated with a high recurrence rate of HBV post-transplant without the use of prophylaxis. The…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Long Term Outcome After Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Sequential 653 Recipients with or without Viral Infection: Is HBV & HCV Co-Infection Better Than the Monoinfection? A Single Center Retrospective Analysis.

    H. Yang, A. Thorat, L. Jeng, C.-C. Yeh, T.-H. Chen, S.-C. Hsu, K.-S. Poon.

    Organ Transplantation, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.

    Background:End-stage liver disease secondary to HBV and HCV coinfection is not uncommon in Asia.However,long term outcome of such patients after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT)…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Limited Hepatitis B Immune Globulin Following Liver Transplant for Hepatitis B.

    T. Sievers, J. Thompson, J. Lake.

    Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

    IntroductionThe hypothesis of this study was that the long-term outcomes in liver transplant (LTx) patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) who were treated with nucleos(t)ide…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Sirolimus Regimen and Viral Serology as Risk Factors for Outcomes of Adult Kidney Transplants: 14-Year Cumulative Data in the United States.

    A. Santos, M. Casey, X. Wen, S. Rehman, K. Womer.

    Department of Medicine, Univ. of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL.

    BACKGROUND: The relative risks for patient mortality, graft loss and malignancy in the five years following kidney-only transplant (KT) based on sirolimus (SRL) regimen at…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Donors with Isolated Anti-HBc (“HBcAb Only”) Antibodies: True Evidence for Past Infection or Laboratory Artifact? Toward a Simple Confirmatory Test for HBcAb.

    Y. Chang,1,3 C. Chinchilla-Reyes,2 M. Koss,1,2 M. Nowicki.1,2

    1Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; 2Viracor-IBT Laboratories, Los Angeles, CA; 3Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA.

    Use of organs from donors positive for hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers may safely expand the donor pool. Recently the American Society of Transplantation expert…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Kidney Transplant Patients Who Received Rituximab Administration

    K. Omoto, M. Okumi, D. Toki, T. Shimizu, H. Ishida, K. Tanabe.

    Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

    OBJECTIVE:The efficacy of antiviral prophylaxis for rituximab (RIT)-associated hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in patients with lymphoma has been recently reported. However, the immunological effect…
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