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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Is it Safe to Use Organs from Deceased Donor with Open Abdomen?

    G. El-Gazzaz, A. L. Friedman

    Live On New York, New York, NY

    *Purpose: The shortage of organs supplies and increased number of waiting patients for organs transplantation allowed to review historical contraindication for donation. Due to limited…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Late Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia Often Misdiagnosed

    M. Samaniego1, R. Prashar1, N. Khoury2, A. Patel2

    1Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 2Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

    *Purpose: Since 2/2018, we have identified 60 transplant recipients presenting with late PCR confirmed Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJP). Of this initial group, 17 kidney transplant recipients…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Treatment of Chronic Active Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients is Associated with Increased Risk of Urinary Tract Infections and Pneumonia

    E. Joachim, S. Parajuli, K. Swanson, F. Aziz, N. Garg, M. Mohamed, D. Mandelbrot, A. Djamali

    University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

    *Purpose: Infections are a common cause of morbidity and mortality after kidney transplantation. Chronic active antibody mediated rejection (cABMR) is a leading cause of kidney…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Brincidofovir for Adenovirus Disease in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients: A Case Series

    F. Zervou1, I. Zacharioudakis1, S. A. Mehta2, H. J. Neumann2

    1Infectious Diseases, New York University Langone, New York, NY, 2New York University Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Adenovirus infection can lead to disease in solid organ transplant recipients, including disease of the allograft. Treatment options for severe disease are limited. Brincidofovir…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Artificial Intelligence May Predicts Early Sepsis in Liver Transplantation

    R. D. Kamaleswaran1, R. Lowell Davis2, J. D. Eason3, S. Sataphaty4, V. R. Mas5, D. Maluf3

    1Biostatistics, Emory, Atlanta, GA, 2Center for Biomedical Informatics & Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 3Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 4Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases & Transplantation, Northshore University Hospital/Northwell Health, NSHS, NY, 5Biostatistics, Emory, Atlanta, TN

    *Purpose: Sepsis post liver transplantation is a frequent challenge impacting patient outcomes. We aimed to develop an artificial intelligence method to predict earlier the onset…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Identification of Cell Types That Harbor Cytomegalovirus DNA in Acutely and Latently Infected Mice Spleen

    A. S. Maganti1, X. Liu2, M. Abecassis2

    1Illinois Math and Science Academy, Aurora, IL, 2Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous β‐herpesvirus that infects majority of humans. Primary CMV infection may be asymptomatic or manifests as a self‐limited febrile illness…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Cytomegalovirus and Role of Reduced Dose Valganciclovir in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    A. Szczepanik1, E. Metzker1, C. Burrelli1, K. Chavin2

    1Pharmacy, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, 2Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Valganciclovir (VGC) is the optimal agent for preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) but its use is limited by cost and leukopenia. Reduced dose VGC (rVGC) has…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Bacterial Infection in Compensated Cirrhosis Predicts Inpatient Mortality and Readmission with Decompensation

    R. Rosenblatt1, A. Jesudian1, C. Lucero1, A. Kaplan1, R. S. Brown1, V. Sundaram2, B. Fortune1

    1Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 2Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Identify the impact of bacterial infection on inpatient mortality and new decompensation in hospitalized patients with compensated cirrhosis from a nationally representative database.*Methods: This…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    ATHENA – Patient and Allograft Outcome Differences after Kidney Transplantation – Germany vs. France

    F. Thaiss1, C. Sommerer1, B. Suwelack1, D. Dragun1, I. A. Hauser1, O. Witzke1, C. Hugo1, P. Schenker1, N. Kamar2, P. Merville2, I. Kroeger3, M. Junge3, B. Nashan1

    1Athena, Study Group, Germany, 2Athena, Study Group, France, 3Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany

    *Purpose: In the ATHENA trial [NCT01843348], efficacy and safety of everolimus in combination with tacrolimus [EVR+TAC] or cyclosporine A [EVR+CyA] vs. TAC and mycophenolic acid…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Analyzing the Effect of a Closed Incision Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System on Wound Complications and Surgical Site Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis

    S. Lam, A. Huynh, J. M. Laurence

    Transplantation Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine if a closed incision negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPWT) system prevents wound complications and surgical site…
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