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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Approach to Leukopenia in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients

    M. Shearer, M. Labonte, L. Erbe, R. Rodgriuez, A. Price, V. Rao, M. Casey, K. Soliman, D. Lazarus, D. Taber, M. Posadas Salas

    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

    J. Kim

    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

    N. Barros, N. Alexander, Z. Dagher, S. Knooihuizen, A. Viens, A. R. Hopke, D. Irimia, M. K. Mansour

    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…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Disease among Hospitalized Immunocompromised Adults

    H. Nam, M. Ison

    Northwestern University Comprehensive Transplant Center, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with significant mortality amongst hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) and lung transplant recipients. Although RSV is responsible for…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Quantifying Differential Infection Risks in HLA- and/or ABO- Incompatible Kidney Transplant Recipients

    R. Avery1, R. Montgomery2, J. Motter1, A. Massie1, E. Kraus1, K. Marr1, B. Lonze2, N. Alachkar1, K. Jackson1, M. Holechek1, D. Ostrander1, N. Desai1, M. Waldram1, S. Shoham1, S. Mehta1, J. Hiller1, J. Langlee1, S. Young1, D. Segev1, J. Garonzik Wang1

    1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2New York University, New York, NY

    *Purpose: Desensitization has enabled kidney transplantation across HLA-and/or ABO barriers and has conferred survival benefit to patients who lack compatible living donors (CLDKT). However, due…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Derived Strongyloidiasis, a Preventable Event

    R. M. La Hoz1, G. Vece2, L. Danziger-Isakov1, D. Florescu1, M. Malinis1, K. Lilly1, L. Strasfeld1, R. P. Wood1, S. Tlusty2, C. R. Wolfe1, M. G. Michaels1

    1DTAC, Richmond, VA, 2UNOS, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: In the US, deceased donor screening for Strongyloides started in 2010. By 2013 10% of the OPOs had implemented screening practices. Recipients of sero-positive…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Derived Cell Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) May Aid in the Diagnosis of BK Virus Nephropathy

    D. Brennan1, J. Bromberg2, J. Yee3, S. Dholakia3, M. Haas4

    1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, 2University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3CareDx, Brisbane, CA, 4Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Between 10% and 30% of renal transplant recipients (KTR) develop BK viremia; with 1-10% of KTR developing BK virus associated nephropathy (BKVAN), accounting for…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Multidisciplinary Transplant UTI Service; Challenging the Stalemate

    J. J. Chong, A. Adiki, D. Ness, J. Olsburgh, R. H. Zakri

    Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Symptomatic UTIs (urinary tract infections) cause a significantly detrimental effect on long term graft function. Immunosuppression coupled with underlying renal or urological abnormality makes…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Late Onset J C Virus Allograft Nephropathy

    M. Samra, I. Tang, S. Setty

    University of Illinois Health, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: JC virus(JCV) is a member of the Polyomaviridae family. Few studies have been published regarding the replication of JCV in transplant recipients. The incidence…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The High Burden of Vaccine Preventable Infections Following Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant

    A. G. Feldman1, B. L. Beaty2, D. Curtis3, E. Juarez-Colunga2, A. Kempe4

    1Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 4Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Pediatric transplant recipients are at risk for vaccine preventable infections due to immunosuppression, suboptimal response to vaccines before and after transplant, and potential under-immunization…
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