Articles tagged "Infection"

2022 American Transplant Congress
A Multi-Center Study Assessing the Association of Frailty with Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. Malinis¹, M. Abidi², E. Benamu², N. Jakharia³, N. Law⁴, R. Sigler⁴, R. Nog⁵, S. Olivier⁵, S. Taimur⁶, N. Theodoropoulos⁷, J. Schaenman⁸
¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²University 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 multi-dimensional characterization of decreased reserve and diminished response to stressors in older adults. Frailty at the time of transplant has been…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Conversion from Immediate to Extended-Release Tacrolimus (LCP-Tac) Six Months After Renal Transplantation Optimizes Safety and Efficacy
S. P. Patel, F. Bartlett, T. Sprague, J. Newman, E. Andrade, N. Rao, N. Patel, D. Dubay, V. Rohan, M. Casey, D. Taber
MUSC Health, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: LCP-Tac is a once daily formulation of tacrolimus indicated for prevention of rejection in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) that may have less variability and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Syphilis in Liver and Kidney Recipients
H. Cleveland, R. Kothari, C. Niemann, P. Chin-Hong, M. Fung
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Sexually transmitted infections among solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are understudied. We aim to analyze rates of syphilis testing and describe clinical manifestations of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
J. Kumar¹, J. Pyda², I. Reccia³, F. VIrdis⁴, P. Bachul¹, R. Barth¹, Y. Becker¹, J. Fung¹, P. Witkowski¹
¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Beth Israel, Boston, MA, ³Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Royal London, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: To determine pooled prevalence of clinical outcomes among hospitalized kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19 through meta-analysis.*Methods: A systematic database search between Dec1, 2019- Dec1,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Abdominal Transplant Recipients Who Receive Organs from Donors with Positive Cultures
A. Perez Cortes Villalobos, A. Humar, D. Kumar
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Due to limited organ availability, use of donors with positive bacterial cultures is common practice. One of the main concerns is transmission to the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors Associated with Severe COVID19 Illness in Kidney Transplant Recipients
E. Abuhelaiqa, M. Alkadi, H. Tohid, R. Elidrisi, R. Abdul Rahiman, M. F. Elshirbeny, T. A. Ghonaimi, A. I. Hamad, A. Nauman, A. A Aziz, O. Fituri, M. Asim, M. A. Othman, H. Al-Malki
Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
*Purpose: COVID19 is an acute respiratory infection that is caused by the SARS-COV-2 that has been shown to be highly contagious and poses a significant…
2021 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Southeastern United States: A Single Center Experience
K. R. Kumm, S. H. Shawar, R. C. Forbes, B. P. Concepcion
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19, has emerged as a viral pandemic and brought unprecedented challenges worldwide on…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Cytomegalovirus Nephritis: Epidemiology and Outcomes of an Uncommon Diagnosis
K. J. Swanson, A. Djamali, A. Ghaffar, F. Aziz, N. Garg, M. Mohamed, D. A. Mandelbrot, M. Jorgensen, S. Parajuli
Division of Nephrology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) nephritis is an uncommon end-organ manifestation of CMV disease. Due to this, associated outcomes have not been completely elucidated.*Methods: This was a…
2021 American Transplant Congress
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Brazilian Cohort Study
T. Sandes-Freitas¹, J. Medina-Pestana², o. COVID-19 Brazil Study Group³
¹Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, ²Hospital do Rim, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Brazil, Brazil, Brazil
*Purpose: Limited data are available on COVID-19 clinical presentation and outcomes among kidney transplant (KT) recipients.*Methods: Multicenter Brazilian cohort of KT patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Criteria and Practice Patterns for Accepting Living Donors with Prior Covid-19: A National Survey
A. Jawed¹, M. Y. Jan², N. Barros², O. Adebiyi², A. Diez³, J. Fridell², W. Goggins², M. Yaqub², M. A. Mujtaba⁴, T. Taber², V. Kumar⁵, K. Lentine⁶, A. Sharfuddin²
¹Wayne State University, Detroit, IN, ²Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ³The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁴UTMB Galveston, Galveston, TX, ⁵University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁶St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: A critical question facing transplant programs is if, when and how to safely accept living kidney donors (LKD) who have a history and recovered…