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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Prophylactic Therapy Against Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Contamination of Preservation Solution in Renal Transplantation: A Single Center Experience.

    R. Wang, J. Zhou, J. Wu.

    Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Objectives: Rapidly increased multiple drug resistant (MDR) gram negative bacilli like Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) become the main pathogen in ICU nowdays. Our study is intended…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Retrospective Analysis of Multiple Hemodialysis Access Modalities.

    V. Bowers,1 H. Pearson,1 J. Huang,1 J. Leone,1 A. Tanious,1 K. Dawley,1 E. Rogers,1 V. Camba,2 C. Albertson,2 D. Lahiff,2 T. Rashid,2 J. Buggs.1

    1Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL; 2University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

    The use of native arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) for hemodialysis (HD) is the gold standard, however, for many patients, this is not an option. We hypothesize…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Full Dose Cyclosporine Permanently Reverses Uncontrolled BK Viremia That Is Refractory to Tacrolimus Minimization.

    A. Caero, M. Shah, D. McKay, J. Kerr, J. Joliat, E. Chatfield, R. Steiner.

    Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, CA

    Latent BK infection is benign and common in transplanted kidneys, but active infection causes viremia and kidney damage. Standard practice is to reduce tacrolimus (TAC)…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Vancomycin Prophylaxis for Prevention of Clostridium difficile Recurrence in Renal Transplant Patients.

    L. Spliner,1 J. Fose,1 G. Leverson,2 J. Smith,3 C. Saddler,3 M. Jorgenson.1

    1Pharmacy, UW Health, Madison, WI; 2Surgery, UW Health, Madison, WI; 3Medicine, UW Health, Madison, WI

    Purpose: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is higher in solid organ transplant recipients. IDSA/SHEA guidelines do not recommend prophylactic (PROPH) vancomycin (VANC) or metronidazole in CDI…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Reducing the Early Readmission Rates in Kidney Transplantation.

    M. Tavares, M. Cristelli, L. Viana, I. Malbouisson, M. Paula, H. Silva Junior, J. Pestana.

    Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim Foudation, São Paulo, Brazil

    Background: 30-day hospital readmission rate is a well-accepted quality metric and a predictor of mortality among kidney transplant recipients.Objective: The aim of this study is…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Cross-Talk Between TLR and BCR Pathways Induces CNI-Resistance in B-Cells Responding to Blood Group A-Antigens: A Novel Paradigm for Treatment with TLR-Inhibitor for CNI-Resistant AMR.

    H. Sakai, Y. Tanaka, H. Ohdan.

    Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.

    [Aim] Bacterial infections after ABO-incompatible transplantation are associated with refractory antibody (Ab)-mediated rejection (AMR). We demonstrated that bacterial pathogens provoke B cells, responding to human…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Robotic Kidney Transplantation in Obese Recipients Can Lead to Superior Outcomes in Terms of Wound Infection and Graft Survival – 48 Months of Follow-up.

    I. Tvetanov, S. Garcia Aroz, M. Spaggiari, J. Hoonbae, J. Oberholzer, E. Benedetti.

    Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.

    Introduction: Traditionally kidney transplantation (KT) in obese recipients has been associated with high rates of surgical site infections (SSI). We hypothesize that robotic kidney transplantation…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Infection-Related Mortality After Kidney Transplantation in the Current Era.

    I. Helanterä,1 S. Kinnunen,2 P. Karhapää,2 A. Juutilainen,2 P. Finne.3

    1Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; 2Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; 3Department of Nephrology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

    A. Purpose: Infections are the most common non-cardiovascular causes of death after kidney transplantation. We analyzed in detail the current infection-related mortality among kidney transplant…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Urinary CXCL9 Protein as Biomarker for BK Polyoma Viremia.

    N. Sarabu,1 R. El-Rifai,2 J. Augustine,1 A. Padiyar,1 A. Huml,1 T. Young,1 V. Rodriguez,1 D. Hricik.1

    1Division of Nephrology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; 2Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

    Introduction: BK infection is common in kidney transplant patients and can result in accelerated loss of allografts. Management involves empiric lowering of immunosuppression, which can…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Viral Gastroenteritis in Adult and Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) Patients.

    C. Hernández Garcia,1 B. Lee,1 X. Pang,2 H. Yuan Zhou,1 J. Preikisatis.1

    1Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 2Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

    BACKGROUND. Diarrhea in SOT recipients is common and often attributed to immunosuppressive drug side effects. However, enteric viruses are important causes of acute gastroenteritis and…
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