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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Prophylaxis of Wound Infections- Antibiotics in Renal Donation (POWAR): A Multicentre UK Double Blinded Placebo Controlled Randomised Controlled Trial

    Z. Ahmed, R. Uwechue, N. Kessaris, N. Mamode.

    Abdominal Transplant Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

    AIM: Postoperative infection following hand assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN) confers significant morbidity. Previous reports suggest 1 in 5 patients develop infective complications. No modifiable…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplant Patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease Have a Lower Risk of Post-Transplant BK Infection Compared to Other Causes of ESRD

    S. Panzer, C. Plafkin, B. Astor, A. Djamali, T. Singh.

    University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI.

    Purpose: Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy is associated with high rates of allograft loss among kidney transplant patients. Whether the cause of native end-stage renal disease (ESRD) impacts…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Cell Free DNA Sequencing for Diagnosing Infections, Estimating Growth Rates, and Characterizing Antibiotic Resistomes in Urine Supernatants

    J. Lee,1 P. Burnham,2 D. Dadhania,1 M. Heyang,2 F. Chen,2 M. Suthanthiran,1 I. De Vlaminck.2

    1Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY; 2Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

    INTRODUCTION. We examined the utility of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) sequencing of urine supernatants in kidney transplant recipients for diagnosing rare and common urinary tract infections…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Influenza Vaccine in Patients with Kidney Transplant

    K. Tsujimura,1 M. Ota,1 H. Ishida,2 K. Tanabe.2

    1Surgery, Tomishiro Central Hospital, Tomishiro-shi, Okinawa, Japan; 2Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

    Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of influenza vaccine in kidney transplant recipients.Methods: We retrospectively studied 98 participants who underwent kidney…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    CMV and BKV Infections after Kidney Transplantation: Combined Tacrolimus/everolimus Strategy Using Antithymocyte Globulin Induction

    T. Jouve,1,4 R. Germi,2,4 B. Janbon,1 G. Fiard,3,4 P. Malvezzi,1 L. Rostaing.1,4

    1Nephrology, Dialysis, Apheresis, Transplantation Unit, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France; 2Virology Unit, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France; 3Urology Unit, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France; 4Medical Sciences, Grenoble University, Grenoble, France.

    Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and BK Virus (BKV) infections are frequent complications after kidney transplantation. A combined regimen of calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) and mTOR inhibitors (mTORi) reduces…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The Clinical Efficacy of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination – Characteristics of Two Outbreaks of Influenza A(H1N1) in Immunocompromised Patients

    I. Helanterä,1 R. Janes,2 V-.J. Anttila.3

    1Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; 2Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

    A. Background. Influenza A(H1N1) causes serious complications in immunocompromised patients. The efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccination in transplant recipients and patients receiving chemotherapy has been…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Outcome Analysis of Renal Re-Transplantation Compared to a Matched Control Group of First Transplantation

    A. Schwarz,1 F. Schaefer,1 T. Framke,2 S. Linnenweber,1 H. Haller.1

    1Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; 2Biostatistics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

    Background: 15% of our renal transplant program is re-transplantation (Tx2). We aimed to know if Tx2 has a higher risk than first transplantation (Tx1) and…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Ciprofloxacin for BK Viremia Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Results of a Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial

    S. Patel, S. Kuten, R. Knight, J. Nolte, D. Nguyen, E. Graviss, L. Moore, I. Agboli, C. Pham, A. Gaber.

    Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.

    Fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics have in vitro activity against BK virus, with several reports indicating they may reduce the risk of BK infection in kidney transplant…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Proton-Pump Inhibitor Utilization is Associated with Higher Rates of Clostridium difficile Infection and Hypomagnesemia after Kidney Transplant

    G. Kipp,2 K. Dancsecs,1 A. Lapping.1

    1School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Abdominal Transplant, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.

    The purpose of this project was to identify how many kidney transplant patients were taking a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) after kidney transplant at our…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Tuberculosis among Kidney Transplant Patients Compared to Dialysis and Non-Dialysis CKD Patients over a Decade Period

    A. Metry, I. Al Salmi, F. Al Ismaili, A. Hola, F. Shaheen, I. Al Salmi.

    The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; SCOT, SCOT, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; The Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.

    USRDS showed that 1.2% & 1.6% incidences of tuberculosis-TB in patients on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis-HD, respectively. Kidney transplant-KTX patients have higher rates.We studied the…
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