2017 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Risks and Screening Deceased Organ Donors in the UK for Trypanosoma cruzi .
Background: In the UK, the Advisory Committee on Microbiological Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs recommends discretionary T. cruzi antibody screening of donors with identified…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Outcomes Using Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis.
Transplantation Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Background: The use of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) induction in high immunological risk patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) could lower the rejection rates after liver…2017 American Transplant Congress
Early Acute Cellular Rejection(eACR) as a Marker of Immunologic Competency Following Liver Transplantation(LT).
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background:Historically eACR did not adversely impact patient survival(PS). Since infection(Ifx) is major cause of death(COD) among LT recipients, we hypothesized that eACR is marker of…2017 American Transplant Congress
De Novo DSA Positivity Is Associated with a Higher Rate of Post-Transplant Bacterial and Viral Infections.
Background: BK viremia has been shown to correlate with de novo anti-HLA DSA (dnDSA) in renal transplant patients. However, it is unknown if and how…2017 American Transplant Congress
Increased T Cell Exhaustion in Dialysis Patients.
Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Infection is a major complication post-transplantation. Evaluating the immune system prior to transplant may allow better optimization of immunosuppression dose. T cell exhaustion has been…2017 American Transplant Congress
Strongyloides Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience and Review of the Literature.
Background: Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) recipients are at risk for Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome and disseminated disease. Most cases are caused by reactivation of latent…2017 American Transplant Congress
Spousal Transmission of Hepatitis B from a Hepatitis B Core Antibody Positive Liver Transplant Recipient – A Case Report.
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
IntroductionGiven the shortage of donor organs, hepatitis B core antibody positive (HBcAb+) donors have been utilized to increase access to transplantation. It is well established…2017 American Transplant Congress
Gut Microbiota-Urinary Tract Infection Axis in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Introduction. The gut microbiota has recently been identified as a risk factor for development of infectious complications like bacteremia; herein, we evaluated the relationship between…2017 American Transplant Congress
Sexual Acquisition of HIV-Infection After Kidney Transplantation: Late Presentation and Potentially Fatal Complications.
Transplant Division, Hospital do Rim-UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Introduction: Transplantation in patients previously infected with HIV is already well established, and cases of donor infection transmission have already been reported. However late acquisition…2017 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Liver Transplant Recipients in an Intermediate Tuberculosis-Endemic Area.
BackgroundSolid organ transplant recipients are considered a high risk group for Mycobacterium tuberculosis(TB). In Korea, the incidence of tuberculosis was estimated to be 80 per…
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