Articles tagged "Infection"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Early Stent Removal in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Quality Improvement Project
V. Rohan, N. Pilch, M. Altiti, S. Nadig, A. Lin, D. DuBay, P. Baliga
Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Ureteric Stent placement is a is common practice at the time of kidney transplantation to reduce the incidence and severity of Major Urological Complications…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of the Difference of the Monitoring Results of Tcr High Variable Area in Renal Transplant Recipients After Treatment with Different Immune Induction Schemes
P. Tian, F. Han, M. Dou, B. Zheng, G. Deng, X. Ding, W. Xue
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
*Purpose: To observe and summarize the effect of different induction schemes on the highly variable region of T-lymphocyte receptor (TCR) in living relative renal transplant…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Course and Outcomes in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Covid-19
R. C. Jackson¹, S. Challa², A. Halim¹, N. Kelly³, D. Maluf⁴, K. Shetty³, Z. Lominadze³
¹Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown, Baltimore, MD, ³Program in Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Program in Transplantation, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: We characterized the outcomes of COVID-19 in our population of solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs). Since these individuals are immunocompromised, with multiple comorbidities, we…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Sars-cov-2 Infection in Waiting List for Liver Transplantation: A Cohort Study on Clinical Outcomes
A. Sessa, A. Mazzola, B. Granger, D. Wakselman, M. Atif, V. Martinez, M. Mallet Maxime, D. Thabut, O. Scatton, F. Conti
Hopital Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
*Purpose: Infections in cirrhotic patients are associated with an increased risk of liver-related complications (LRC) and mortality. Limited data regarding the prevalence of Coronavirus disease…
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…