Articles tagged "Infection"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Alternate Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Regimens
D. Quan¹, J. Phillips¹, E. Chiang¹, V. Kuo²
¹UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ²UC Davis, Davis, CA
*Purpose: Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in renal transplant (RT) recipients. Antimicrobial prophylaxis may help prevent UTI early post RT. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Intraoperative versus Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Liver Transplantation
S. Hamel¹, C. Garza¹, C. Gamble², H. Boone³, L. Thomas⁴, D. L. Gorden⁵
¹Pharmacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Quality, Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁵Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Perioperative antibiotic use has important implications for patient care, antimicrobial stewardship, and cost containment. There is limited data guiding the optimal duration of perioperative…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Reduced Dose Valganciclovir is Effective for CMV Prevention without Excess Breakthrough or Resistance in Kidney Transplantation
M. Luu¹, P. Klem¹, B. Crowther¹, M. Abidi², M. Miller¹, K. Schoeppler¹, S. Davis²
¹Pharmacy, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Reduced dose valganciclovir (VGC) (450 mg daily) may be a useful alternative to full dose VGC for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis due to drug cost…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in Liver Transplantation. A Single Center Experience
R. Cohen, N. Chandolias*, K. Khanmoradi, S. Campos, H. Kaul, J. Walter, S. Rossi, V. Navarro, R. Zaki
Department of Digestive Disease and Transplantation, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The evolution of effective direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV), in the setting of the well recognized organ shortage and the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hyperammonemia Syndrome in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Caused by Quinolone-Resistant Ureaplasma Infection
A. B. Higgins¹, R. Rogers², A. J. Osband³, R. Gohh⁴, P. Morrissey³, A. Seo¹, B. Chen¹, D. Crabb⁵, S. Leal⁵, K. Waites⁵, D. Farmakiotis², G. J. Nau²
¹Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ²Division of Infectious Diseases, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ³Department of Surgery, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁴Division of Nephrology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁵Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Urease-producing bacteria release significant amounts of ammonia. Donor-derived Ureaplasma infections in lung transplant recipients have been implicated in the pathogenesis of hyperammonemia syndrome (HS).…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of CMV and EBV DNAemia in the Development of Invasive Fungal Disease among Pediatric Intestinal and Liver Transplant Recipients
B. M. Chatani¹, J. Garcia², T. Beduschi³, A. Tekin³, R. Vianna³, I. A. Gonzalez¹
¹Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ²Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ³Miami Transplant Institute, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Invasive fungal disease (IFD) among pediatric solid organ transplant recipients is a relatively rare event, however often results in death. There are many factors…
2020 American Transplant Congress
BK Viremia: A Double Edged Sword – The Impact of Immunosuppression Reduction on Allograft Rejection
A. Szczepanik¹, A. Bixby¹, C. Burrelli¹, A. Padiyar², T. Srinivas², K. Chavin³
¹Pharmacy, University Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Nephrology, University Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ³Surgery, University Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: BK viremia (BKV) increases the risk of renal allograft loss following transplant. Guidelines recommend reduction of immunosuppression (IS) after BKV diagnosis, however, the ideal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Ehrlichiosis Infection Presenting as Thrombotic Microangiopathy Early after Kidney Transplantation
W. Hassan¹, M. Talwar², V. Balaraman², B. Wall¹, M. Molnar¹
¹Medicine-Nephrology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ²Department of Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Methodist University Hospital, James D Eason Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: Fever of unknown origin and clinical picture of Thrombotic MicroAngiopathy (TMA) are diagnostic challenges in the early period after kidney transplantation. Here we present…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Peritoneal Dialysis in Delayed Graft Function, a Safe and Effective Option
A. Gardezi, B. Muth, F. Aziz, N. Garg, M. Mohamed, A. Djamali, D. Mandelbrot, S. Parajuli
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been utilized increasingly in the past decade. Many of these patients undergo transplantation and may require dialysis for delayed graft…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Infectious Complications in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients Undergoing Desensitization
S. Sethi, R. Najjar, A. Peng, A. Vo, S. Jordan, E. Huang
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA
*Purpose: Data is limited on the impact of desensitization on infectious complications in elderly kidney transplant (KT) recipients. We examined infectious complications in elderly KT…