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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Methenamine for Prevention of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    H. Sweiss1, S. Bhayana2, R. Hall1, J. Nelson1, E. Kincaide1

    1University Health System, The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy Division, Austin, TX, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2University Health System, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

    *Purpose: Evaluate efficacy of methenamine for prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTI) in transplant recipients.*Methods: This retrospective review included patients greater than or equal…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Risk of Infectious Complications after GastroIntestinal Surgery in Renal Transplant Recipients

    S. Karhadkar, P. Jacoby, T. Webster, A. Di Carlo

    Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Solid organ transplantation remains the preferred treatment for patients with end stage organ diseases. In 2018 alone, 36, 527 organ transplants were performed in…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Vaccine Safety Concerns and Relationship to Comfort with Provider Communication in a Population of Inner-City Kidney Transplant Recipients

    T. Morancy, I. Nadeem, G. Cordero, D. Lee, M. Markell

    SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

    *Purpose: Misperceptions and incorrect beliefs among patients may contribute to patient refusal of vaccines. We examined beliefs and sources of information in a population of…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Outcome of Hepatitis B Virus DNA-Positive Liver Transplantation in Hepatitis B Virus/Hepatitis D Virus Co-Infected Recipient Treated with High Dose Hepatitis B Immune Globulin: A Case Report

    M. B. Hammami1, M. Haris1, L. Toman1, N. Danis1, B. Saberi2, E. King3, J. Garonzik-Wang3, B. Philosophe3, A. M. Cameron3, A. Gurakar1

    1Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 3Transplant Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Introduction: While common in Asian countries, liver transplantation (LT) for patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis D virus (HDV) co-infection is rare in the…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Limited Differences in Infectious Complications of Pediatric Liver Transplant between Hepatoblastoma and Non-Hepatoblastoma Patients

    H. Hendricks, A. Lane, J. Geller, A. Bondoc, A. Taylor, G. Paulsen, S. Hirth, S. Blum, G. Tiao, L. Danziger-Isakov

    Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med Cntr, Cincinnati, OH

    *Purpose: Pediatric liver transplantation (pLTX) has become a part of treatment for Hepatoblastoma (HB). The incidence and characterization of infectious events (IE) has not been…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Access to Direct Acting Antiviral Therapy for Recipients of Solid Organs from Hepatitis C Viremic Donors

    C. Edmonds, A. Carver, J. DeClercq, L. Choi, M. Peter, R. Forbes, B. Concepcion, K. Schlendorf, R. Perri

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

    *Purpose: Emerging data supports transplantation of organs from hepatitis C-positive (HCV) donors to expand the donor pool, but access to direct acting antivirals (DAAs) to…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Belatacept versus Tacrolimus Combined with Antithymocyte Globulin in Kidney Transplantation

    J. Goldman1, A. Mitrokhin2, B. Trivedi1, V. Vidyasagar1, N. Vadivel1, N. Goes3, M. Hart1

    1Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 2SUNY, Brooklyn, NY, 3Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, CA

    *Purpose: Belatacept (BELA) used for maintenance immunosuppression (IS) after kidney transplant (KT) shows similar graft and patient survival, but improved allograft function, despite more rejection…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Characterizing the Landscape and Impact of Infections Following Kidney Transplantation

    K. R. Jackson, J. Motter, R. Avery, W. Werbel, A. Massie, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev

    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Infections remain a major threat to successful kidney transplantation (KT), although there is limited data on the spectrum and clinical consequences of a post-KT…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Early Post-Transplant Infection after Kidney Transplantation in Korea: Incidence, Risk Factors and Clinical Impact

    R. Ra, S. Kang, J. Kim, H. Hwang, Y. Kim, J. Moon, S. Lee, S. Jung, K. Jeong

    Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: Post-transplant infection is a frequent and devastating complication after kidney transplantation (KT). Since the characteristics of post-transplant infection have changed over time after KT…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplant Recipients with De Novo Donor Specific Antibody is Associated with Increased Risk of Developing BK Viremia

    S. Kareem1, L. Suresh2, A. Gundroo1, J. Von Viger1, S. Chang1

    1Internal Medicine, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2Pathology, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

    *Purpose: Background: De novo donor specific anti-HLA antibodies (dnDSA) has profound effect on the renal graft long-term function and survival. Studies has shown identifications of…
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