2018 American Transplant Congress
Brincidofovir for Disseminated Adenovirus in Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients: Report of a Case Series
Background: Adenoviruses (AdV) are DNA viruses that can cause significant morbidity and mortality rates up to 50% with disseminated disease. The incidence post-renal transplantation is…2018 American Transplant Congress
Follow-Up and Outcomes of Epstein-Barr Virus Negative Recipients after a Kidney Transplant from an Epstein-Barr Virus Positive Donor
Introduction: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is one of the most serious complications of chronic immunosuppression after an organ transplant. One of the major risk factors…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of High Dose Acyclovir Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis Failure in Abdominal Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Purpose: To describe the long-term clinical impact of high-dose acyclovir (HD-A, 800 mg 4 times daily) cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis failure in the seropositive (R+) abdominal…2018 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Microbiome Associated with Chronic Allograft Dysfunction in Kidney Transplants
Background: Microbiome dysbiosis can lead to poor outcomes after kidney transplant (tx) presumably due to immune dysregulation elicited by the microbiome. We hypothesize that chronic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prophylaxis of Wound Infections- Antibiotics in Renal Donation (POWAR): A Multicentre UK Double Blinded Placebo Controlled Randomised Controlled Trial
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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