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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Temporal Trends in the Incidence and Impact of Infections Following Kidney Transplantation

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

    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Infections remain a major threat to successful kidney transplantation (KT), and are associated with a subsequent higher risk of mortality and graft loss. However,…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in the Transplant Population at a University Transplant Center in Northern Florida

    D. Schain, Z. Breslow, G. El Helou, A. Cannella

    Medicine/IDGM, Univ of Florida, College of Med, Gainesville, FL

    *Purpose: Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the number of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections in the United States, especially in the…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Management and Outcomes of Heart Transplant Recipients with Pre-Transplant Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections

    Z. Esquer Garrigos, P. Vijayvargiya, J. M. Stulak, S. A. Rizza, M. R. Sohail

    Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN

    *Purpose: Infection involving Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) in patients who receive device therapy as a bridge to heart transplantation (HT) is a serious complication.…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Changes in Risk Factors for Infections Post Liver Transplantation – A 16-Year Analysis

    I. Bajjoka, S. Serra, J. Mourad, M. Callaghan, C. Crombez, S. Foley, M. Abouljoud

    Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

    *Purpose: Infections are common cause of morbidity and mortality post liver transplant (LT). Risk factors are related to donor and recipient factors, including cold ischemia…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    T Cell Dysfunction as Measured by Impaired Antigen Response is Associated with Infection and Frailty in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    J. Schaenman, M. Rossetti, V. Groysberg, G. Sunga, E. Liang, S. Bunnapradist, E. Reed

    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients are at risk for infection, especially the growing numbers of older patients. Our previous studies demonstrated that senescent and exhausted T…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Purposeful Reductions in Immunosuppression on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation

    K. Foster, H. Perkins, N. Patel, C. Perez, N. Pilch, H. Meadows, F. Bartlett, V. Rao, M. Casey, M. Posadas Salas, K. Soliman, J. McGillicuddy, D. Taber

    MUSC Health, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: Reductions to immunosuppressive therapy (IS) are often made due to infection or other IS intolerances, but little is known of impact of these reductions…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Low-Dose Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients at High Immunologic Risk is Safe and May Prevent Excess Rejection

    E. Sartain1, B. Nettles1, B. Crowther1, P. Klem1, K. Schwarz1, S. Davis2

    1University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, 2University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Patients aged ≥65 years are a growing segment of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Consensus on induction immunosuppression in this population is unclear given higher…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of a Surveillance after Prophylaxis Strategy for Cytomegalovirus Prevention in Liver Transplant Recipients

    N. Parrish1, A. Webb2, T. Kaiser1, S. Shah1, N. Anwar1, K. Luckett1

    1University of Cincinnati Med Ctr, Cincinnati, OH, 2Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

    *Purpose: Despite prophylaxis and preemptive strategies, CMV infection remains a common complication post liver transplant (LT). CMV surveillance after prophylaxis may improve outcomes, but supporting…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Endoscopic Injection Therapy for Vesicoureteral Reflux after Kidney Transplantation

    H. Higuchi, H. Sasaki, H. Harada, T. Tanabe

    Urology and Kidney Transplant Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan

    *Purpose: Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in a kidney graft is a complication of post kidney transplantation (KT) causing recurrent upper urinary tract infection and consequent kidney…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Level of Plasm Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Kidney Transplant Patients with Severe Pneumonia

    L. Liu1, H. Liu2, F. Liu2, L. Shu2, L. Peng1

    1Xiangyang Hospital No. 2 of Central South University, Changsha, China, 2AlloDx, Shanghai; Suzhou, China

    *Purpose: Pulmonary infection is one of the common complications after kidney transplantation. Donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA) is a new biomarker to diagnose allograft injury. Currently,…
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