Articles tagged "Infection"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for BK Virus Infection after Kidney Transplantation in the Contemporary Era: A Single-Centre Observational Study
N. Phagura¹, K. Thandi¹, F. Evison², S. Gallier², A. Sharif³
¹College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ²Department of Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ³Department of Nephrology and Transplantation, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
*Purpose: BK infection remains a risk factor for kidney transplant dysfunction and allograft loss. While many risk factors are reported in the literature, many are…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of Intraoperative Donor Duodenal Segment Swab Cultures with the Subsequent Occurrence of Surgical Site Infections in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients
C. M. Rotstein¹, M. Alabdulla¹, S. Al Rehily¹, Y. Natori², K. Van¹, M. Cattral¹, T. Reichman¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Division of ID, University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Pancreas transplantation (PT) is commonly employed for the treatment of type I diabetes mellitus. It has been postulated that surgical site infections (SSIs), particularly…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Valganciclovir Prophylaxis is Not Associated with Polyomavirus Viremia after Renal Transplantation
D. Conti¹, D. Schuster¹, M. Garner¹, E. Maciera¹, S. Patel²
¹Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, ²Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
*Purpose: Recent studies have implicated prophylactic valganciclovir (VGC) therapy after renal transplantation to be associated with an increased rate of BK polyomavirus viremia and nephropathy.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Undernutrition is Associated with Impaired T Cell Protective Immunity in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
E. T. Chambers¹, C. Chan¹, R. Ettenger², P. Grimm³, E. Reed², M. Sarwal⁴, L. Stempora⁵, B. Warshaw⁶, C. Zhao¹, O. Martinez⁷, A. Kirk⁵
¹Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Pediatrics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Pediatrics, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Pediatrics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Surgery, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA
*Purpose: Undernutrition has been associated with T cell immune cell dysfunction and infectious complications in non-immunosuppressed children. Thus, we aimed to define T cell phenotypes…
2019 American Transplant Congress
More Advanced Heart Failure Prior To Transplant May Influence The Cytomegalovirus Specific T Cell Response In Cytomegalovirus Positive Recipients.
U. López Cardoza, E. García, C. Díez, J. Roca, N. Sabé, N. Manito, I. Tatjer, A. Cequier, O. Bestard, J. González
Bellvitge Universitary Hospital, L' Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
*Purpose: Current assessment of risk of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in CMV+ heart transplant (HT) recipients is poor. A diminished CMV-specific T cell response against 2…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Relationship between Comorbilities and Infectious Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Rituximab
A. Molina-Andújar¹, E. Hermida¹, J. Rovira², F. Cofan¹, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹, N. Esforzado¹, V. Torregrosa¹, D. Cucchiari¹, E. de Souza¹, I. Revuelta¹, F. Oppenheimer¹, F. Diekmann¹, G. Piñeiro¹
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia i Trasplantament, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Rituximab is commonly used in the context of kidney transplantation. Evidence about infectious complications and its relationship with predictive factors is scarce. The aim…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Nurse-Driven Influenza Vaccine Ordering Protocol Improves Vaccination Rates in Abdominal Organ Transplant Recipients
T. Ho¹, C. D. Sifri², J. D. Lewis³
¹Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ³Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are at increased risk of influenza infection and severe influenza-related complications. The influenza vaccine is a safe and effective…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Of Dosing Weight Selection On Rabbit Anti-thymocyte Globulin Induction Immunosuppression In High-risk, Obese Renal Transplant Recipients
A. C. Cordry¹, K. Trobaugh¹, L. Ramsey², A. L. Castellanos³, H. Fattah³, T. Rendulic¹
¹Pharmacy, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY, ²University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY, ³Nephrology, University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY
*Purpose: There are limited data regarding the optimal weight-based dosing strategy for rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) induction in renal transplantation. At our center, rATG is…
2019 American Transplant Congress
EBV Latent Proteins Encode for Peptides That Prevent Natural Killer Cell Inhibition
B. Mbiribindi¹, J. K. Pena¹, O. Hatton², C. Romero Moreno¹, C. O. Esquivel¹, O. M. Martinez¹, S. M. Krams¹
¹Department of Surgery/ Division of Abdominal Transplant, Stanford University - School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Department of Molecular Biology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
*Purpose: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects more than 90% of adults worldwide and is associated with several malignancies, including post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD). Although EBV infection…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis C Antibody Positive (HCV Ab+)/Nucleic Acid Test Negative (NAT -) Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation into Hepatitis C Negative (HCV -) Recipients: Is It Safe?
Y. Taehwan, A. Rajab, G. Bumgardner, t. Pesavento, R. Daloul, A. Michaels, K. Washburn, A. El-Hinnawi
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Kidneys procured from HCV Ab+/NAT - are not routinely used due to concern for HCV transmission into recipients. However, there has been no report…