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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Increased Pro-Inflammatory and Decreased Interferon-Related Gene Expression in Older as Compared with Younger Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    J. Schaenman, O. Beiard, E. Liang, T. Sidwell, V. Groysberg, M. Rosetti, B. Abdalla, E. Lum, S. Bunnapradist, T. Pham, G. Dannovitch, J. Veale, H. Gritsch, A. Karlamangla, S. Cole, E. Reed.

    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    Older transplant recipients experience increased rates of death and infection as compared with younger patients. Our previous studies demonstrated increased frequency of terminally differentiated and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    10 Years of DTAC Experience with Kaposi's Sarcoma – Not Just Another PTLD!

    M. Nalesnik,1 M. Clark,2 S. Tlusty,2 M. Michaels,1 C. Wolfe.1

    1DTAC, Richmond; 2United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond

    Background:Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS), a tumor derived from the oncogenic virus human herpesvirus-8 (HHV8) is strongly associated with immunodeficiencies. Classically seen with AIDS, it can also…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Influenza Viral Dynamics in a Large Cohort of Transplant Patients with Natural Influenza Infection.

    V. Ferreira,1 A. Humar,1 E. Cordero,2 E. Blumberg,3 A. Limaye,8 F. Silveira,5 L. Danziger-Isakov,6 M. Levi,7 J. Kalpoe,4 J. Englund,9 M. Multicenter Influenza Group, D. Kumar.1

    1UHN, Toronto, Canada; 2REIPI, Seville, Spain; 3UPenn, Philadelphia; 4LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; 5UPMC, Pittsburgh; 6CCHMC, Cincinnati; 7UCD, Denver; 8UW, Seattle; 9SCH, Seattle

    Background:Influenza infection significantly impacts transplant patients. Despite this, there are limited data on how virological characteristics, including influenza viral load (VL), impact the outcome of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission with Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) Following Kidney Transplantation (KT).

    E. Minja, S. Jackson, A. Matas.

    Surgery, UMN, Mpls, MN

    UTIs are common causes of hospital readmissions after KT. Our objective is to determine predictors of hospital readmissions for UTI within 1 year after a…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Reproducibility of the Cobas CMV Test (cobas CMV) and Clinical Concordance with the Cobas Ampliprep / Cobas TaqMan CMV Test (CAP/CTM CMV).

    P. Baum,1 J. Yao,2 A. Butcher,1 P. Hemyari,1 A. Valsamakis,3 S. Young.4

    1Roche Diagnostics, Pleasanton, CA; 2Mayo, Rochester, MN; 3JHMI, Baltimore, MD; 4Tricore, Albuquerque, NM

    cobas CMV is a new, automated, high-throughput assay for use on the cobas 6800/8800 systems that quantifies CMV DNA in EDTA-plasma. It can be run…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Trends in Infection Among Kidney Transplant Recipients, 1999-2013.

    S. Bae, C. Durand, L. Kucirka, S. DiBrito, R. Avery, J. Garonzik Wang, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    Modern immunosuppression regimens have substantially reduced acute rejection and improved patient and graft survival over the last decades. However, such potent regimens may also have…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    In Depth Characterization of the Innate Immune Response in Transplant Recipients with EBV Viremia.

    V. Ferreira, J. Batist, D. Kumar, S. Husain, A. Humar.

    UHN, Toronto, Canada

    Background:Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) manifests as a spectrum of disease ranging from asymptomatic viremia to PTLD. Innate immune cells such as monocytes/macrophages, dendritic cells…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Mutations in Influenza A Virus and Clinical Implications in Transplant Recipients.

    V. Ferreira,1 A. Humar,1 E. Cordero,2 E. Blumberg,3 S. Husain,1 J. Kalpoe,4 M. Multicenter Influenza Group, D. Kumar.1

    1UHN, Toronto, Canada; 2REIPI, Seville, Spain; 3UPenn, Philadelphia; 4LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands

    Background: Organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients are predisposed to complications of influenza infection and as such may constitute an important source of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Chronic Hepatitis E-Genotype 3 Infection in Transplant Recipients: A Single Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Centre Experience.

    A. Kousios,1 R. Charif,1 E. Sanchez,2 S. Khan,3 F. Regan,4 S. Ijaz,5 D. Muir,2 B. Smith,3 R. Tedder,5 D. Taube,1 J. Galliford.1

    1Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; 2Department of Infection and Immunity, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; 3Department of Hepatology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; 4Department of Hematology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; 5Blood Borne Virus Unit, Virus Reference Department, MS-Colindale, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom

    Introduction:In the UK, Hepatitis E virus-genotype 3 (HEV3), is endemic and has now become the major cause of enterically transmitted viral hepatitis. Unlike HEV-genotype 1…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Risk Factors for Polyomavirus Infection After Renal Transplantation: Introduction of the Protective Effect of Peritoneal Dialysis.

    S. Hosseini-Moghaddam, Q. Xu, J. Kum, H. Alharbi, A. Jevnikar, M. John, G. Singh, S. Parsons, M. Edgar, P. Luke.

    Medicine, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada

    Objective: To determine the roles of pre and post-transplant variables on the risk of BK virus infection after renal transplantation.Method: This study is a single-…
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