Articles tagged "Hepatitis"

2020 American Transplant Congress
IM Naltrexone Post Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients to Prevent Relapse
A. Flecha
Transplant Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: The number of patients requiring liver transplants due to Hepatitis C Virus is declining due to the new treatment options, and the growing number…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Hepatitis B Virus DNA-Positive Liver Transplantation in Hepatitis B Virus/Hepatitis D Virus Co-Infected Recipient Treated with High Dose Hepatitis B Immune Globulin: A Case Report
M. B. Hammami¹, M. Haris¹, L. Toman¹, N. Danis¹, B. Saberi², E. King³, J. Garonzik-Wang³, B. Philosophe³, A. M. Cameron³, A. Gurakar¹
¹Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ³Transplant Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Introduction: While common in Asian countries, liver transplantation (LT) for patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis D virus (HDV) co-infection is rare in the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis C Antibody Seroconversion after Transplantation of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Infected Donors to Hepatitis C Negative Recipients
U. A. Agbim¹, O. Cseprekal², M. Yazawa¹, M. Talwar¹, V. Balaraman¹, A. Bhalla¹, P. S. Podila³, B. Maliakkal¹, S. Nair¹, J. D. Eason¹, M. Z. Molnar¹
¹James D. Eason Transplant Institute, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN, ²Department of Transplantation and Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ³Faith & Health Division, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: We aimed to assess factors associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroconversion among HCV seronegative kidney transplant candidates receiving HCV infected donor kidneys.*Methods: This…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Access to Direct Acting Antiviral Therapy for Recipients of Solid Organs from Hepatitis C Viremic Donors
C. Edmonds, A. Carver, J. DeClercq, L. Choi, M. Peter, R. Forbes, B. Concepcion, K. Schlendorf, R. Perri
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Emerging data supports transplantation of organs from hepatitis C-positive (HCV) donors to expand the donor pool, but access to direct acting antivirals (DAAs) to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Case Series: Anti-Thymocyte Globulin as a Treatment for Steroid-Refractory Severe Acute Hepatitis in Children
A. L. Peters, A. Miethke, K. Campbell
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Pediatric severe acute hepatitis (SAH), when not attributed to acetaminophen toxicity, is commonly hypothesized to be caused by a non-typeable viral infection and/or immune…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Children with Type 1 and Type 2 Autoimmune Hepatitis
I. G. Roepe, J. A. Goss, T. Miloh
Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) can be defined as type 1 and type 2 based on autoantibodies. Liver transplant (LT) may be indicated for chronic liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis A Hospitalizations among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States: A Nationwide Study
W. Cheungpasitporn¹, C. Thongprayoon², P. Ungprasert³, K. Wijarnpreecha⁴, P. T. Kroner⁴
¹Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Bangkok, Thailand, ⁴Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Hepatitis A illness severity increases in immunosuppressed patients and one of important indicators of hepatitis A illness severity is whether patients require hospitalization. This…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Introduction of Universal Hepatitis E RNA Screening in Deceased Organ Donors – The UK Experience
I. Ushiro-Lumb¹, K. Tettmar¹, I. Johannessen², K. Simpson², I. Hart³, J. Timms⁴, A. Hale⁵, S. Ijaz⁶, R. Tedder⁶, J. Forsythe¹
¹NHS Blood and Transplant, London, United Kingdom, ²Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ³Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁴University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom, ⁵Public Health England, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁶Public Health England, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: We aim to describe the strategy and initial results of post-donation, universal screening of deceased organ donors in the UK. HEV RNA is tested…
2019 American Transplant Congress
HOPE in Action: A Multicenter Prospective Study of HIV to HIV Liver Transplantation
C. Durand¹, S. Florman², M. Bowring³, D. Brown¹, B. Haydel², J. Hamilton¹, P. Stock⁴, J. Price⁵, T. Pruett⁶, V. Kirchner⁷, D. Wojciechowksi⁸, N. Turgeon⁹, C. Wolfe¹⁰, V. Stosor¹¹, J. Charette¹¹, A. Cameron³, S. Ottmann³, S. Huprikar¹², D. Segev³
¹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ³Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁸Medicine, Mass General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ¹⁰Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹¹Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹²Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: HIV+ liver transplant (LT) candidates face higher mortality and lower access to transplant compared to HIV- counterparts. With the US HOPE Act, HIV+ donor…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Transmission of Infections from Organ Donor to Recipient – German Data
K. Moench, A. Rahmel, A. P. Barreiros
German Foundation for Organtransplantation (DSO), Frankfurt, Germany
*Purpose: In Europe, vigilance monitoring after organ transplant includes Serious Adverse Events (SAE) as well as Serious Adverse Reactions (SAR). All SAE and SAR related…