2017 American Transplant Congress
Influenza Viral Dynamics in a Large Cohort of Transplant Patients with Natural Influenza Infection.
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).
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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-…2017 American Transplant Congress
MicroRNAs and Long Non-Coding RNAs as Potential Novel Biomarkers in Transplanted Patients with Candida Infection.
There is an urgent need to develop sensitive and specific biomarkers for the early diagnosis of candida infection in transplanted patients. miRNAs and lncRNAs are…2017 American Transplant Congress
Early Steroid Withdrawal and Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
One third of kidney transplant (KT) recipients currently undergo early steroid withdrawal (ESW). Although ESW may slightly increase the risk of rejection in certain subgroups,…
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