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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Influence of Vitamin D Status on the Prognosis of Covid 19 in Patients with Kidney Transplant

    J. Ugalde-Altamirano, I. Revuelta, A. Carrillo, M. Xipell, F. Cofan, N. Esforzado, E. Montagud, G. Piñeiro, A. Molina, P. Ventura, D. Cucchiari, F. Oppenheimer, F. Diekmann, J. Campistol, B. Bayes, J. Torregrosa

    Nephrology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    *Purpose: The protective role of Vitamin D as an immunomodulator has been demonstrated in different pathologies included the viral etiology. This effect has been described…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Covid-19 Related Deaths Across the U.S. in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    K. Goli, N. T. Galvan, R. Cotton, J. A. Goss, C. A. O'Mahony, A. Rana

    Department of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic poses a unique challenge for immunosuppression patients following kidney transplantation. Studies involving a single center or few centers have suggested that…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Does the NSQIP-Transplant Experience Demonstrate That Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients are Still at Increased Risk for Surgical Site Infections?

    H. C. Yaffe1, A. K. Belli1, J. R. Parekh2, D. L. Sudan3, N. Elias4, K. D. Conzen5, D. P. Foley6, R. Hirose7, S. M. Greenstein1

    1Surgery, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 2Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 3Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 4Surgery, Transplant Surgery Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 5Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 6Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 7Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program for Transplant (NSQIP-T) was designed to track surgical outcomes in adult liver and kidney transplants (KTX). The Pilot…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Covid Studies in 208 Patients with Consent for Donation

    A. L. Friedman, C. Ezzell, K. Delli Carpini

    LiveOnNY, New York, NY

    *Purpose: To prevent transmission of SARS CoV 2 via solid organ donation from deceased donors.*Methods: Comprehensive medical and psychosocial evaluation of potential deceased organ donors…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Beta-lactam Allergies Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Prevalence and Association with Transplant Admission Length of Stay

    N. N. Pettit1, V. Nguyen2, C. T. Nguyen1, A. Lew1, J. Pisano1, L. M. Potter1

    1University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: Previous studies have identified that 14-27% of solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients report a beta lactam allergy (BLA). Patients with BLAs often receive less…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation at the Epicenter of the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Experience of the Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

    E. Favi1, C. Alfieri2, M. Gandolfo2, A. Brescacin1, M. Bilato3, R. Cacciola4, P. Messa2, M. Ferraresso5

    1Renal Transplantation, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, 2Nephrology, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, 3Urology, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, 4HBP Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, 5Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    *Purpose: To evaluate patient- and allograft-related outcomes following living and deceased donor kidney transplantation (KTx) in a unit operating at the epicentrum of the COVID-19…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Influence of HLA Compatibility on Bk Virus Associated Nephropathy Among Japanese Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients

    N. Fujiyama1, M. Saito2, R. Yamamoto2, R. Sagehashi2, T. Saito2, S. Kashima2, K. Numakura2, S. Narita2, T. Habuchi2, S. Satoh1

    1Center for Kidney Disease and Transplantaion, Akita University Hospital, Akita, Japan, 2Department of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan

    *Purpose: BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) after kidney transplantation is associated with a high morbidity and higher risk of graft loss. In this study, the relationship…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Positive Donor Cultures on Postoperative Lung Transplantation Infectious Outcomes

    A. Curtis, C. Pham, B. P. Pierce

    Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

    *Purpose: Transmission risk of microbes present in donor lungs at time of donation to lung transplant recipients (LTR) is unclear. Infection is the second highest…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    High Levels of Sars-cov-2 Detected in Immunosuppressed Covid-19 Patient Environments Weeks Following Initial Positive Test

    C. E. Kuschner1, Z. Brune2, L. B. Becker1, L. Teperman1

    1North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, 2Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY

    *Purpose: COVID-19 is a novel viral illness associated with significantly worse mortality, prolonged disease course, and extended periods of viral shedding in transplant patients on…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Derived Transmissions 2019: Analysis of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)

    L. Danziger-Isakov1, M. G. Michaels1, A. Agarwal1, S. Aslam1, K. Dunn1, J. Goldman1, D. Levine1, C. Marboe1, G. Marklin1, S. Pouch1, M. Rana1, R. Razonable1, H. L. Stevenson1, H. S. Te1, A. Woolley1, E. Ward2, C. Jett2, L. Cartwright2, R. La Hoz1

    1OPTN DTAC, Richmond, VA, 2UNOS, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: The OPTN DTAC, a multidisciplinary group, evaluates potential donor derived transmission events (PDDTE), mostly infections (I) & malignancies (M), to assess the likelihood of…
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