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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Differences in Alemtuzumab Dosing Does Not Affect Early Kidney Transplant Outcomes

    A. Pressley, R. Stratta, J. Rogers, A. Farney, G. Orlando, W. Doares, A. Reeves-Daniel, C. Jay

    Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC

    *Purpose: Alemtuzumab (Alem) is a widely used medication for induction therapy in kidney transplantation. However, there is limited evidence comparing outcomes with low versus high…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Organ Donor Infections on Kidney Transplant Recipient Outcomes

    M. Santarossa1, C. Muran2, S. Sanchez2, L. Heinrich2, J. Yoo3, F. Albarillo1, S. Akkina3, N. Clark1, G. Reid1

    1Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 2Department of Pharmacy, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 3Department of Medicine, Division of Transplant Nephrology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

    *Purpose: Donor-derived infections can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in organ transplant recipients. There is variability by center on treatment of positive donor cultures…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Phage Therapy for Mycobacterium Abscessus (Mab) Infection after Lung Transplant (LT)

    W. Garner1, R. Dedrick2, C. Guerrero2, M. Morrell1, J. D'Cunha3, P. Sanchez1, G. Hatfull2, G. Haidar1

    1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 3Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ

    *Purpose: LT recipients with Mab infections have poor outcomes. We describe a patient with refractory Mab infection treated with mycobacteriophage therapy.*Methods: A 56-year-old woman with…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical Correlations Associated with Development of De Novo Donor-Specific Antibody in the First Year Following Kidney Transplant at a Single Center

    J. M. Zimmerer1, M. Basinger1, B. A. Ringwald1, R. Pelletier2, A. Rajab1, A. El-Hinnawi1, M. Abdel-Rasoul1, K. Washburn1, G. L. Bumgardner1

    1Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health, New Brunswick, NJ

    *Purpose: The development of de novo donor-specific antibody (dnDSA) portends inferior long-term graft survival. This study investigates the short-term clinical correlations associated with dnDSA that…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Management of Adenovirus Enteritis after Intestinal Transplantation

    E. Sherman1, N. Beltran2, Y. Muszkat3, S. Jafri3

    1Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 2Department of Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 3Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: Solid organ transplant recipients are at risk for infection, in part due to immunosuppression. Adenovirus enteritis (AE) is one possible clinical presentation of infection…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Change in the Willingness of Transplant Candidates to Accept Hepatitis C Virus Positive Deceased Donor Organs in the Era of Direct-Acting Antivirals

    Q. Yuan, S. Hong, E. Roth, M. Sise, E. Bethea, W. Williams, H. Yeh, N. Elias

    Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) medications’ advent in 2014 very effectively changed the hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment landscape and allowed post-transplant HCV therapy. We aimed…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    7-Years Retrospective Cohort of CNI to Belatacept Conversion

    A. Morel1, C. Dudreuilh1, A. Moktefi2, D. Kheav3, D. Mokrani1, K. El Sakhawi1, C. Champy4, P. Rémy1, P. Grimbert1, M. Matignon1

    1Nephrology, APHP Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, 2Anatomopathology, APHP Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, 3Immunology, APHP Saint Louis, Paris, France, 4Urology, APHP Henri Mondor, Créteil, France

    *Purpose: Analyze the long-term evolution after calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) to Belatacept conversion in kidney allograft recipients.*Methods: In this single-center retrospective study, we collected all patients…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical Features and Outcomes of Post-Transplant Osteomyelitis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    S. Sarwar1, G. Vilchez2, M. M. Azar3, M. Malinis3

    1The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 2University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 3Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

    *Purpose: As survival time of solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR) increases, comorbidities associated with advancing age such as diabetes mellitus and peripheral arterial disease combined…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Higher Body Mass Index Before Living Kidney Donation Can Increase Wound Infection after Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomies

    X. Benavides, M. Merzkani, R. T. Rogers, E. K. Tan, S. Thirunavukkarasu, B. H. Smith, A. D. Rule, M. Prieto, J. K. Heimbach, T. Taner, G. K. Chow, P. G. Dean, M. D. Stegall

    Kidney Transplant, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: According to the CDC (2015-2016), 71.6% of the adult population in the United States has a BMI equal or higher than 25kg/m2, and the…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Transplantation from Donors with Positive Blood Culture

    H. Mo, S. Min, H. Ko, C. Chung, H. Kim, A. Han, J. Ha

    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: The use of organs from donors with infection is limited because of the possibility of transmission. Herein we report our experience of transplantation from…
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