2020 American Transplant Congress
Teduglutide Therapy in Real World Setting is Efficacious in Reducing Complications in Short Bowel Syndrome
*Purpose: Teduglutide, a GLP-2 analogue, increases portal and intestinal blood flow thereby increasing absorption of fluid and nutrients. We evaluated outcomes of Teduglutide therapy for…2020 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy of Single-Strength Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Thrice Weekly for Pneumocysitis Jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis Post Liver Transplantation
Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Current guidelines recommend Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis for at least 6-12 months after liver transplant (LTx) with preferably Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) at a daily…2020 American Transplant Congress
Memory T Cell-Mediated Rejection is Regulated by FcγRIIB Expression on CD8+ T Cells
*Purpose: Donor-reactive memory T cells represent a potent immunologic barrier to long-term graft survival and tolerance induction. To identify novel pathways that regulate memory T…2019 American Transplant Congress
A Comparison of Cell-Mediated Immune Responses among Organ Transplant Recipients Receiving High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine
University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: The High-dose (HD) influenza vaccine has been shown to induce better humoral immunity than the standard-dose (SD) vaccine in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients.…2019 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Exosomes Isolated from Human Lung Transplant Recipients with Respiratory Viral Infections Contain Nucleic Acids Specific to Virus and Can Lead to Activation of Stress Proteins
Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Exosomes are membrane vesicles released by cells into body fluids. Our laboratory demonstrated the presence of circulating exosomes with lung self-antigens (SAgs), Collagen V…2019 American Transplant Congress
Preventing Donor Derived Cryptococcal Infections: Should We Screen Potential Organ Donors with a Serum Cryptococcal Antigen? A Cost Analysis
*Purpose: Donor-derived cryptococcosis is a rare but deadly infection. Serum cryptococcal antigen testing is a sensitive, specific and inexpensive modality that can be used to…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Economic Impact of Surgical Site Infections in Liver Transplantation
*Purpose: Complications arising after liver transplantation result in additional healthcare costs. Previous studies have not evaluated the impact of surgical site infections on healthcare costs…2019 American Transplant Congress
Approach to Leukopenia in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients
Dept of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Older kidney transplant recipients face challenges of post-transplant complications related to frailty and comorbidity burden. They are particularly vulnerable to side effects of immunosuppression…2019 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Risk Factors, Outcomes and Clinical Management of BK Viremia in the Modern Era of Kidney Transplantation
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: BK viremia is endemic among kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Previous work has not compared the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of any vs. clinically…2019 American Transplant Congress
Human Neutrophil Function against Pathogens in Solid Organ and Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Transplant Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: The effects of solid organ (SOT) and allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) on the neutrophil function is not well described. In this study, we…
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