Articles tagged "Infection"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Outcomes of Covid-19 Between Fully Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Kidney Transplant Recipients and According to the Type of M-RNA Vaccine
F. Villanego¹, M. Crespo², V. Lopez³, S. Zarraga⁴, F. Oppenheimer⁵, L. Llinas², A. Andres⁶, C. Diaz⁷, M. Ruiz⁸, F. Moreso⁹, A. Rodriguez-Benot¹⁰, I. Beneyto¹¹, S. Cabello¹², C. Jimenez¹³, C. Canal¹⁴, M. Molina¹⁵, J. Pascual⁶, A. Mazuecos¹
¹Department of Nephrology, Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain, ²Department of Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Nephrology, Hospital Regional de Malaga, Malaga, Spain, ⁴Department of Nephrology, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain, ⁵Department of Nephrology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Department of Nephrology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Department of Nephrology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ⁸Department of Nephrology, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain, ⁹Department of Nephrology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Department of Nephrology, Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain, ¹¹Department of Nephrology, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹²Department of Nephrology, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ¹³Department of Nephrology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Department of Nephrology, Fundacion Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁵Department of Nephrology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
*Purpose: The evidence regarding the clinical effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination in kidney transplant (KT) recipients is limited so far. Our purpose is to analyze the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Opportunistic Infections in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients on Belatacept
K. Khalil, S. Jonchhe, J. Stern, R. Robalino, Z. A. Stewart, S. A. Mehta, N. Ali, H. Neumann
Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of opportunistic infections in elderly kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) who receive belatacept (BELA) for…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Frailty Predicts Infection After Liver Transplant in a Multi-Center Study of Older Adults
M. Malinis¹, M. Abidi², E. Benamu², N. Jakharia³, N. Law⁴, R. Sigler⁴, R. Nog⁵, S. Olivier⁵, S. Taimur⁶, N. Theodoropoulos⁷, J. Schaenman⁸
¹Yale SOM, New Haven, CT, ²Univ of CO, Aurora, CO, ³Stanford, Palo, Alto, CA, ⁴UCSD, San Diego, CA, ⁵Westchester Med Ctr, Westchester, NY, ⁶Mount Sinai SOM, New York, NY, ⁷Univ of MA, Worcester, MA, ⁸UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Frailty is a complex multi-system characterization of reduced physiologic reserve and functional decline in older adults. At the time of transplant, frailty has been…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Tuberculosis Screening Test Predicting Tuberculosis Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients a Retrospective Cohort Study
D. Alissa¹, G. Korayem², R. AlMaghrabi³, H. Alruwaisan³, F. Alyahya², L. Aljuaid², G. Alzimami²
¹Deputyship of Therapeutic Affairs, Saudi Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³KFSH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Tuberculosis (TB) is a common infection that affects patients after solid organ transplantation (SOT). Thus, the American Society of transplantation (AST) recommends screening all…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy at 4 Years in Post-Liver Transplant Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Receiving Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF) for HBV Prophylaxis
E. Gane¹, B. George¹, D. Ray-Chaudhuri¹, T. Mules¹, C. D. Holt², H. Wang², V. Suri², A. Gaggar², A. Osinusi², J. Flaherty²
¹Auckland City Hospital and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA
*Purpose: Recommended antiviral prophylaxis to prevent recurrent HBV infection after liver transplantation includes tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF). However, given risks of bone/renal toxicity associated with…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Case Study of Mycobacterium Infections in Pediatric Post Intestinal Transplant
S. Yerina¹, R. Kanthula¹, Y. Rekhtman², S. Kaufman¹, U. Ekong¹, N. Yazigi¹, T. Fishbein¹, A. Kroemer¹, C. Matsumoto¹, K. Khan¹
¹Transplant, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ²GI and Nutrition, Prisma Health Midlands Children's Hospital, Columbia, SC
*Purpose: We describe two rare and challenging post pediatric intestinal transplant cases with both Mycobacterium (M) Abscessus and Mycobacterium (M) Immunogenum in post surgical site…
2022 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19+ Kidney Transplant in US Veterans: An Opportunity to Increase Transplant Rates
V. E. Whittaker
Surgery, Columbia Vagelos College of Medicine and Surgery, New York, NY
*Purpose: US veterans are less likely to be transplanted. This disparity is related to donor shortage. This study seeks to increase access to transplant of…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Case-Control Study of Belatacept as Maintenance Immunosuppression in Kidney Transplant Recipients Living with HIV
M. Tucker, C. Foppiano Palacios, E. Cohen, S. Virmani, P. Trubin, L. A-Barakat, M. M. Azar, M. Malinis
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Belatacept has been increasingly used in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) as a calcineurin-inhibitor (CNI) sparing agent. There are little data on belatacept use in…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Application of Metagenomicnext-Generation Sequencing in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients
W. Duan, X. Tian, X. Wu, G. Cao, T. Yan
Henan Province People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
*Purpose: Rapid and accurate pathogen diagnosis is the key to the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections (RUTI) after kidney transplant. Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS)…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Combined Metagenomic Viral Detection and Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Quantification for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
R. Sinha¹, C. Rebello², E. Bixler¹, A. Al-Turck¹, A. Berg¹, J. Friedewald², S. Kleiboeker¹
¹Eurofins Viracor, Lees Summit, MO, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant recipients are predisposed to opportunistic infections, and current viral diagnostic methods focus on sensitive detection of single pathogens by qPCR. However,…