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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 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…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Ready for Prime Time: Intentional Allocation of Hepatitis C Positive Livers into Hepatitis C Negative Recipients

    P. N. Martins1, B. Movahedi1, D. Devuni2, P. Mahboub1, A. Bozorgzadeh1

    1Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Massachusets, Worcester, MA, 2Medicine, Division of Hepatology, University of Massachusets, Worcester, MA

    *Purpose: The current discrepancy between supply and demand of liver grafts has dramatically increased the waiting time and mortality on the waiting list. The recent…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Letermovir For The Treatment And Secondary Prophylaxis Of Drug Resistant CMV In Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    M. R. Pereira1, J. G. Aaron1, C. J. Kubin2

    1Medicine - Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 2Medicine - Infectious Diseases, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Although only approved for primary prophylaxis of CMV among allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients, there is great interest in the use of letermovir (LET)…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients after Conversion from Tacrolimus to Belatacept-Based Regimens

    H. Underwood, N. Lange, J. Hedvat, C. Brennan, D. Tsapepas, K. King, S. Husain, D. Salerno, S. Patel, S. Mohan, R. Crew

    Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Immunosuppressive strategies for belatacept are variable and associated outcomes have not been well described. We examined outcomes among kidney transplant (KT) recipients converted from…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of a Short Duration, Narrow Spectrum Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Regimen on Multi-Drug Resistant Surgical Site Infections in Adult Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

    M. John1, K. Maguigan1, D. Schain2, E. Thomas3, P. Efron4, J. Nelson5

    1Pharmacy, UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, 2Infectious Diseases, UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, 3Transplant Surgery, University Health System, San Antonio, TX, 4Surgery, UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL, 5Pharmacy, University Health System, San Antonio, TX

    *Purpose: There is a paucity of data defining the optimal agent and timing of peri-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The purpose of…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    A Cluster of Late Onset of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP) in Renal Transplant Patients: First Cluster Report from Saudi Arabia

    Y. Aljishi, M. AlBugumi, A. Abadi, A. AlJanobi, M. Al Lawiam, N. Alzawad, M. Al Sardi, Z. AlMaa, H. Al-Ramadan, J. Kabanja, N. Rayyan, k. Beleed-Akkari

    King Fahad specialist hospital - Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    *Purpose: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) is a serious opportunistic infection that can be associated with severe pulmonary involvement in transplant population. Post-transplant protocol at our…
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