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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Safety and Efficacy of Low Dose Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients

    V. K. Sigurjonsdottir1, L. Maestretti1, A. McGrath1, A. Gallo2, W. Concepcion2, P. Grimm1, A. Chaudhuri1

    1Pediatric Nephrology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2Surgery - Multi-Organ Transplantation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    *Purpose: Currently there is no consensus among pediatric kidney transplant centers regarding the use and regimen for immunosuppressive induction therapy.The safety and effectiveness of reduced…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Forgiven Disease: Outcomes of Lung Transplantation in Two HIV-Infected Patients

    S. Biswas Roy1, M. T. Olson2, M. A. Smith1, R. M. Bremner1, R. Walia1, A. Arjuna1

    1Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, 2University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

    *Purpose: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity is generally considered a contraindication to lung transplantation (LTx). HIV-infected adults are at higher risk of developing chronic lung…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Successful Use of Tedizolid for the Treatment of Nocardiosis in Transplant Recipients

    R. Odrobina1, B. Tritle2, C. A.Gomez1

    1Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2Department of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

    *Purpose: Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection occasionally seen after solid organ (SOT) and hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. Treatment is challenging due to the limited number of…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Chronic Kidney Disease Alters the T Cell Response to Murine Cytomegalovirus

    R. L. Crepeau1, H. Li1, H. S. Koehler2, M. L. Ford1, P. D. Winterberg3

    1Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 3Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: We have previously reported that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) accumulate memory T cells bearing markers of sustained antigen stimulation and enhanced pro-inflammatory…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Infectious Complications and Malignancy after Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly Population

    L. Liriano-Ward, M. Parides, Y. Al Azzi, C. Pynadath, M. Ajaimy, J. Graham, S. Greenstein, M. Kinkhabwala, J. Rocca, E. Akalin

    Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

    *Purpose: Kidney transplantation improves quality of life and survival in all patients regardless of age. However, older patients are prone to development of side effects…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Safety Outcomes in Lower-Weight vs Higher-Weight Recipients of Fixed Dose Alemtuzumab for Kidney Transplant Induction

    A. Freeman, S. Anders, B. Wise, M. Janusek, L. Hutchinson, U. Kaszubski, D. Marroquin, D. Martin, H. Bohorquez

    Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA

    *Purpose: Alemtuzumab is a lymphocyte-depleting monoclonal antibody used for renal transplant induction, and is associated with significant leukopenia, increased infections and malignancy. Multiple dosing strategies…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    High Rate of Positive Cultures from Deceased Donors, A Review of 500 Deceased Donors and More Than 700 Recipients from a Single Center in Saudi Arabia

    R. S. Almaghrabi1, R. Alameer1, O. Zeitoni2, M. Ahmed3, I. Nizami3, J. Alburaiki4, T. Aljurf1, R. Alyamany1, A. Abed2, D. Broering3

    1Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 3Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 4Heart Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    *Purpose: Limited organ supply is one of the major challenges facing organ transplantation. Donor-derived multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria have been documented with variable outcomes. In Saudi…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Significance of Gene Polymorphism on Infectious Complications and Rejection after Liver Transplantation

    H. Egawa1, T. Kato1, Y. Kotera1, A. Ohmori1, G. Shibuya1, S. Yamashita1, S. Ariizumi1, M. Yamamoto1, T. Ishizuka2, Y. Tanaka3, H. Ohdan3

    1Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, 2Clinical Labotratory, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, 3Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    *Purpose: Clinical application of gene polymorphism is a key of precision medicine in the field of organ transplantation. Infection and rejection are major factors affecting…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Vira-ome: A Tool for an Unbiased Plasma Virome Analysis of SOT Recipients from Cell-Free DNA Sequences

    R. Sinha, E. Bixler, J. Grantham, M. Altrich, S. Kleiboeker

    R&D, Viracor-Eurofins, Lee's Summit, MO

    *Purpose: Blood virome of healthy individuals is frequently predominated by member of families such as Herpesvirus, Anellovirus and Polyomaviridae. The viral load of commensal species…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Post Antibody Mediated Rejection Treatment in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: Interim Report from the Paramour “PediAtric Renal AMr Outcomes” Study

    S. Solomon1, R. Garro2, N. Hayde3, A. Jain4, M. Kallash5, K. Twombley6, I. Ashoor7

    1Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Valhalla, NY, 2Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 3The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, 4Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, 5Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 6Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 7LSU Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

    *Purpose: Universal guidelines do not exist for post antibody mediated rejection (AMR) treatment antimicrobial prophylaxis (ppx) in pediatric kidney transplant (KT) recipients. We sought to…
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