Articles tagged "Infection"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Association of Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract with Urinary Tract Infection and Graft Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. Bock, D. Han, A. Sikora, K. Mckinnon, S. Hecht, M. Chandran, V. Vemulakonda
Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO
*Purpose: Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are a leading cause of pediatric end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Prior studies have shown an…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incident Influenza Cases and Missed Opportunities for Vaccination among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
D. Abraham, H. J. Neumann, S. A. Mehta
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify missed opportunities for high-dose (HD) influenza vaccination among solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients and improve influenza…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Proteomic Profiling of Circulating Extracellular Vesicles Isolated from Human Lung Transplant Recipients
S. Bansal¹, M. McGilvrey², K. Garcia-Mansfield², R. Sharma², R. Bremner¹, M. Smith¹, R. Hachem³, P. Pirrotte², T. Mohanakumar¹
¹Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, ²Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Collaborative Center for Translational Mass Spectrometry (CCTMS), Phoenix, AZ, ³Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Circulating exosomes in human lung transplant recipients (LTxRs) with acute (AR) and chronic rejection (bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome [BOS]) contain donor human leukocyte antigen (HLA)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Prophylaxis Strategies for CMV Infection in Liver Transplant Recipients
K. Schnelle, A. Leino, M. Chunduru, L. Von Stein, O. Witkowsky
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: The best strategy to prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) following liver transplantation is not defined for intermediate risk recipients (recipient seropositive (R+) regardless of donor status).…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients Following Implementation of a Strategic Maintenance Reduction Protocol
H. Perkins, K. Foster, N. Patel, H. Meadows, F. Bartlett, C. Perez, J. McGillicuddy, N. Pilch, M. Casey, M. A. Posadas-Salas, D. Taber
Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Post-transplant complications are commonly due to over-immunosuppression, particularly as it relates to infections. The purpose of this study was to assess clinical outcomes in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
T Cell Hyporesponsiveness in Kidney Transplant Recipients is Associated with Urinary Tract Infections and Age of Kidney Transplant: Implications for Allograft Nephropathy
A. Assounga, S. Omarjee
Dept of Nephrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
*Purpose: Chronic allograft nephropathy is the main cause of kidney graft loss. With the use of potent immunosuppressive treatments, acute rejections are less and less…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Incidence, Clinical Characteristics and Prophylactic Strategy of Invasive Fungal Infections in Lung Transplantation
L. Zhao¹, W. Chen¹, L. Guo¹, L. Jing¹, C. Liang¹, J. Chen¹, C. Wang²
¹Department of Lung Transplantation, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China, ²China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
*Purpose: Invasive Fungal infections in lung transplant recipients(LTR) were common and harmful, remaining a major cause of morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation. The incidence,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Frailty on Early and Late Hospital Readmission after Kidney Transplantation
H. Hendra¹, B. Sandhu², E. Frackiewicz², G. Jones², P. Masson², R. Motallebzadeh³
¹Centre for Transplantation, Department of Renal Medicine, University College London & Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Transplantation, University College London & Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Currently there are no tools to predict outcomes after kidney transplantation (KTx). This study assesses whether frailty influences post-KTx complications. Understanding frailty and its…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation from HBsAg+ Living Donors to HBsAg- Recipients: A Propensity Score-Matched Study at a High-Volume Center in China
X. Wang, J. Liu, T. Song, Y. Fan, Z. Huang, T. Lin
Urology, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Data on kidney transplantation (KTx) from hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)+ donors to HBsAg- recipients [D(HBsAg+)/R(HBsAg-)] are limited. We aimed to report the outcomes…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of Invasive Fungal Infections in Heart Transplant Recipients
A. Couture-Cossette¹, A. Puing¹, A. Multani², O. Quintero¹, A. K. Subramanian¹, E. Henricksen³, R. Lee¹, Y. Moayedi⁴, K. Khush⁵, J. J. Teuteberg⁵, D. Y. Ho¹
¹Department of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Department of Infectious Diseases, UCLA, Stanford, CA, ³Pharmacy, Stanford Healthtcare, Stanford, CA, ⁴Department of Cardiology, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: The incidence and epidemiology of invasive fungal infections (IFI) after heart transplantation (HTx) are influenced by changes in environmental exposures, immunosuppression, and prophylaxis practices.…