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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Sustained Alloantigen Exposure Reinforces Transplantation Tolerance

    J. B. Allocco1, C. McIntosh1, P. Wang1, Y. Wang1, M. Miller1, H. Sattar2, D. Yin3, Z. J. Zhang4, A. Chong3, M. Alegre1

    1Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 3Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 4Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: While advances have been made in therapies that achieve tolerance in mouse transplant models, successful tolerance is still vulnerable to inflammatory challenges that can…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Posoleucel as Preemptive Therapy for BKV Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Safety and Tolerability in a Phase 2 Trial

    R. K. Wali1, M. Singh2, D. Wojciechowski3, M. J. Ansari4, B. Lonze5, V. Nair6, A. Sharma7, S. Knechtle8, F. Cardarelli9, A. Chandraker10

    1Inova Transplant Center, Falls Church, VA, 2U. of Pittsburg Medical Center, Harrisburg, PA, 3UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 4Northwestern U. Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 5NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY, 6Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, 7U. of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 8Duke U. School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 9AlloVir, Cambridge, MA, 10Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant (KT) recipients with BK viremia are at risk for BK virus (BKV) nephropathy and graft loss. There are no approved therapies for…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Burden of Leukopenia/Neutropenia Among Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Literature Review of Observational Studies

    A. Raval1, K. Kistler2, Y. Tang1, F. Vincenti3

    1Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, 2Xcenda, Inc, Carrollton, TX, 3University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: Leukopenia/neutropenia (L/N) may affect key treatment decisions which could result in poor clinical and economic outcomes among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). The burden of…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Optimizing Kidney Transplant Immunosuppression Using a Phenotypic Personalized Dosing Model

    J. F. Bruner1, N. Padmanabhan2, C. Ho2, A. Zarrinpar1

    1Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Immunosuppression is essential for preventing rejection and promoting long-term graft survival following solid organ transplantation; it also places patients at risk for infection and…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Frequency of Cervical Cancer Screening in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    C. Papastamelos1, K. Dokus2, M. Laryea3

    1Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2Transplant Division, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 3Gastroenterology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

    *Purpose: Human papillomavirus-related anogenital malignancies disproportionately affect solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) compared to the general population. Proposed cervical Pap testing intervals for SOTR differ…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Disruption of B Cell Population is Associated with Increased Infections in Pediatric Transplant Recipients

    B. Geng, L. Loop, C. Anterasian, D. Mortazavi, J. Kitsen, C. Collins, K. Newton, E. Ingulli

    Pediatrics, UCSD Rady Children's, San Diego, CA

    *Purpose: Solid-organ transplant recipients are placed on long-term immunosuppression, preventing graft rejection but increasing the risk of infection. Pediatric transplant recipients are at increased risk…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Urinary Tract Infection or Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim vs. Pentamidine for Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia Prophylaxis

    L. Selznick, H. Sweiss, C. Long, S. Bhayana, R. Hall

    University Health, San Antonio, TX

    *Purpose: To compare the incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) or asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) post-kidney transplant (KT) with multiple Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis regimens*Methods:…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Organ Transplant Outcomes from Donors with Positive SARS-CoV-2 PCRs in New York: A Case Series

    A. L. Friedman1, M. Pereira2, M. Rana3, J. Akpede4, A. Dhand5

    1LiveOnNY, New York, NY, 2New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 3Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 4LiveOnNY, Long Island City, NY, 5Westchester Medical Center, Chappaqua, NY

    *Purpose: Rapid evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic over the past 24 months has demanded agility in managing selection criteria for deceased organ donors, with the…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Regimens on Surgical Site Infections in Pancreas Transplant Recipients

    Z. A. Yetmar1, M. McCord2, B. Lahr3, A. Lemke2, P. G. Dean4, Y. C. Kudva5, M. T. Seville6, W. Bosch7, S. A. Bernard2, E. Beam1

    1Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Department of Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 4Division of Transplantation Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 5Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism & Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 6Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, 7Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

    *Purpose: Pancreas transplant recipients are at high risk of surgical site infection (SSI), with rates ranging from 9-45%. Several risk factors for SSI have been…
  • 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…
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