Articles tagged "Infection"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pretransplant Infectious Diseases Wellness Visit on Vaccine Uptake in Solid Organ Transplant Candidates
J. Jarrah, Z. Hanna, J. Williams, J. McCorquodale, T. Párraga, S. Greenlee, O. Abreu Lanfranco, M. Ramesh, R. del Busto, G. Alangaden
Transplant Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Vaccination rates in solid organ transplant candidates (SOTc) remains suboptimal. We report the effect of a dedicated Infectious Disease Pre-transplant (IDPT) clinic visit on…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Bacterial Infections After Kidney Transplant Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
A. Perez Gutierrez¹, B. Juengel¹, S. Krishnamoorthy², P. J. Bachul¹, P. Witkowski³, R. Barth³, J. Fung¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Infectious complications are a major cause of mortality and morbidity after kidney transplantation. During the COVID-19 pandemia there were several changes in the management…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Adenovirus Enteritis Following Intestinal Transplantation
S. Jafri¹, A. Mavis², J. Weiner³, M. C. Segovia²
¹Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Columbia, New York, NY
*Purpose: Intestinal transplant is a life-saving therapy for intestinal failure. Adenovirus Enteritis (AE) is an unusual infection identified on biopsy or serology following intestine or…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Voriconazole Dosing for Preventing Aspergillus in Lung Transplant Recipients
A. Chaplain¹, B. J. Pierce¹, C. Pham¹, A. Hutchins¹, W. L. Musick¹, D. T. Nguyen², E. A. Graviss², S. W. Yau³, J. G. Youssef³, A. Goodarzi³, H. J. Huang³
¹Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ³Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: We sought to evaluate the efficacy of voriconazole (VCZ) 200 mg twice a day (BID) for 3 months post lung transplant (LT) in preventing…
2022 American Transplant Congress
National Consortium Registry Insights on Management and Outcome of Hepatitis C Viremic Heart Transplants
R. Gottlieb¹, M. Salem¹, A. Ravichandran², J. Kennedy³, J. Strope⁴, S. Lin⁵, J. Chow⁶, P. Eckman⁷, S. Desai⁸, O. Larkins¹, J. Vanzyl¹, S. Hall¹
¹Baylor Scott & White Healthcare, Dallas, TX, ²Ascension Medical Group, Indianapolis, IN, ³Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA, ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁵University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ⁶Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁷Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN, ⁸Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Multicenter US registry of clinical management of HCV NAT+ hearts.*Methods: An ongoing 8-center retrospective IRB-approved registry collected baseline characteristics, labs, management, and outcomes after…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Management and Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
A. Scott, Z. Truman, M. Manson
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and immunosuppression modification in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Food Insecurity on Pediatric Kidney Transplant Outcomes
A. Moin, J. Krissberg, D. Matossian, P. Verghese
Pediatric Nephrology, Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: We previously demonstrated a prevalence of food insecurity (FI) of 26.7% at our institution, in a pilot study of 45 pediatric kidney transplant (pedsKTx)…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Outcomes of Covid-19 Between Fully Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Kidney Transplant Recipients and According to the Type of M-RNA Vaccine
F. Villanego¹, M. Crespo², V. Lopez³, S. Zarraga⁴, F. Oppenheimer⁵, L. Llinas², A. Andres⁶, C. Diaz⁷, M. Ruiz⁸, F. Moreso⁹, A. Rodriguez-Benot¹⁰, I. Beneyto¹¹, S. Cabello¹², C. Jimenez¹³, C. Canal¹⁴, M. Molina¹⁵, J. Pascual⁶, A. Mazuecos¹
¹Department of Nephrology, Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain, ²Department of Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ³Department of Nephrology, Hospital Regional de Malaga, Malaga, Spain, ⁴Department of Nephrology, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain, ⁵Department of Nephrology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Department of Nephrology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Department of Nephrology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, ⁸Department of Nephrology, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain, ⁹Department of Nephrology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Department of Nephrology, Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain, ¹¹Department of Nephrology, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹²Department of Nephrology, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ¹³Department of Nephrology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁴Department of Nephrology, Fundacion Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁵Department of Nephrology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
*Purpose: The evidence regarding the clinical effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination in kidney transplant (KT) recipients is limited so far. Our purpose is to analyze the…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Opportunistic Infections in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients on Belatacept
K. Khalil, S. Jonchhe, J. Stern, R. Robalino, Z. A. Stewart, S. A. Mehta, N. Ali, H. Neumann
Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of opportunistic infections in elderly kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) who receive belatacept (BELA) for…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Frailty Predicts Infection After Liver Transplant in a Multi-Center Study of Older Adults
M. Malinis¹, M. Abidi², E. Benamu², N. Jakharia³, N. Law⁴, R. Sigler⁴, R. Nog⁵, S. Olivier⁵, S. Taimur⁶, N. Theodoropoulos⁷, J. Schaenman⁸
¹Yale SOM, New Haven, CT, ²Univ of CO, Aurora, CO, ³Stanford, Palo, Alto, CA, ⁴UCSD, San Diego, CA, ⁵Westchester Med Ctr, Westchester, NY, ⁶Mount Sinai SOM, New York, NY, ⁷Univ of MA, Worcester, MA, ⁸UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Frailty is a complex multi-system characterization of reduced physiologic reserve and functional decline in older adults. At the time of transplant, frailty has been…

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