Articles tagged "Infection"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Intensive Monitoring and Early Treatment for Urinary Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients Reduces Readmission and Sepsis
A. Patel, S. Desai, B. R. Schleich, M. Wynd, T. Carrea, Y. Yushkov, S. Geatrakas, N. White, R. Luongo, R. Sosnicki, V. Wadhera, D. Serur, M. J. Goldstein
Organ Transplant, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
*Purpose: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common renal transplant (RT) complication that is observed in up to 60-70% of RT recipients and may affect…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Tolerability of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
S. Witek¹, G. Malat², D. Sawinski², C. Sammons², C. LaFratte¹, A. Forte¹, R. Samudralwar¹, S. Lyle¹, J. Rashid¹, J. Trofe-Clark²
¹Dept of Pharmacy, Hospital of the Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Penn Transplant Institute, Hospital of the Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Optimal immunosuppression in elderly kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) is not well-defined, with MMF being poorly tolerated at standard doses. This study aims to compare…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Covid 19 in Candidates Waitlisted for Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
R. El-Rifai¹, S. Riad¹, R. Belina², A. Matas²
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The COVID 19 pandemic has posed new challenges to transplant centers. The impact has been detrimental on wait-listed ESKD patients, reducing their access to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response After Induction Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. Lubetzky¹, S. Sultan², Z. Zhao³, M. Cushing³, Z. Kapur¹, S. Albakry¹, N. Hauser¹, J. Marku-Podvorica¹, R. Craig-Schapiro², J. Lee¹, T. Salinas¹, M. Aull², S. Kapur², M. Suthanthiran¹, D. Dadhania¹
¹Nephrology, Weill Cornell-NYPresbyterian, New York, NY, ²Transplant Surgery, Weill Cornell-NYPresbyterian, New York, NY, ³Pathology, Weill Cornell-NYPresbyterian, New York, NY
*Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in kidney transplant recipients is beginning to be reported, although little is known about the humoral immune response in the immediate…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Utility of Non-Invasive Rejection Biomarkers to Guide Immunomodulation in Kidney Transplant Patients with Active Covid-19 Infection
J. Christensen, G. Gupta, A. Bryson, S. Paluri, R. Thompson, S. Sterling, N. Vissichelli, P. Kimball, D. Kumar
VCUHealth, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in organ transplant recipients has involved reduction of immunosuppression (IS). It is plausible that the cytokine release…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Torque Teno Virus Load Predicts Allograft Rejection but Not Viral Infection After Kidney Transplantation; A Cohort Joint Modelling Study
A. L. van Rijn¹, H. F. Wunderink², I. A. Sidorov¹, C. S. de Brouwer¹, A. C. Kroes¹, H. Putter³, A. P. de Vries⁴, J. I. Rotmans⁴, M. C. Feltkamp¹
¹Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
*Purpose: The main challenge of immunosuppressive therapy after solid organ transplantation is to find the optimal dose regimen, and prevent allograft rejection as well as…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Immune Response to Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Waitlist Patients
P. T. Jindra¹, C. M. Foye¹, I. Sharf², A. Rana¹, T. N. Galvan¹, A. Awan¹, C. A. O'Mahony¹, B. V. Murthy¹
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the immune response in Kidney Transplant Waitlist Candidates (KTWC) and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Quantiferon-tb Gold Plus in Liver Transplant Candidates: Single-center Experience
J. Simkins¹, M. A. Mendoza¹, A. Chandorkar¹, Y. Natori¹, S. Anjan¹, L. R. Arosemena¹, R. Vianna²
¹Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, ²Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: QuantiFERON-TB (QFT) is the preferred diagnostic test for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The QFT-Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) data in OLT candidates is limited.*Methods: Our hospital…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Discontinuation of Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole Prophylaxis Due to Hyperkalemia in Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Pett¹, G. Malat², C. Domenico¹, R. Samudralwar¹, A. Forte¹, D. Sawinski², J. Hu¹, B. Steiner¹, J. Rashid¹, J. Trofe-Clark²
¹Pharmacy, Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Penn Transplant Institute, Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is the drug of choice for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), however, it can be complicated by…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Anterior Rectus Sheath versus Gibson Incision for Kidney Transplantation – University of Chicago Experience
G. S. Generette, P. J. Bachul, P. E. Borek, K. Jayant, A. Perez-Gutierrez, B. Juengel, Y. T. Becker, R. Barth, J. Fung, P. Witkowski
Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The advantages of Anterior Rectus Sheath (ARS) incision over traditional Gibson (GB) incision have been described for kidney transplantation. Therefore, we decided to compare…