2017 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Organs from Donors with Hepatitis C: The Potential to Substantially Increase Transplant Activity.
Introduction. Organs from hepatitis C virus positive (HCV+ve) donors are commonly declined for transplantation because of the risk of disease transmission, but new direct acting…2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Factors Show Low Impact on Patient and Kidney Allograft Outcomes: A Paired Analysis of Left/Right Deceased Donor Kidney Pairs.
The impact of donor factors on kidney allograft outcomes and infectious complications has been suggested in many previous studies. However, analyses of left/right donor kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Infection Among Liver Transplant Recipients Maintained on a Cyclosporine vs. Tacrolimus-Based Immunosuppression Regimen.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common viral pathogen that affects patient outcomes after liver transplant. Potent immunosuppressive agents predispose patients to an increased risk…2017 American Transplant Congress
Antibiotic Conservatorship in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.
Post-orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) infections, especially multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO), are implicated in poorer outcomes, fueling efforts to elucidate risk factors for hospital acquired infections.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation into the Liver of a Patient with Previous Hepatitis C Infection.
Hepatic parenchymal disease such as hepatitis has been considered a relative contraindication to islet transplantation as the islets are infused into the liver. Islet transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Do Morbidly Obese Patients Have an Increased Risk of Infection Post-Kidney Transplant?
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Purpose: Obesity has been associated with significant morbidity in the kidney transplant population. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of obesity…2016 American Transplant Congress
Down-Regulated of Circulating miR-29b, miR-185 and NR_073415.2 in Post-Transplanted Patients with Cytomegalovirus Infection May Serve as Novel Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis.
Aims: Mortality of CMV infection in post-transplanted patients was quite high, which severely influencing the long-term survival of recipients. For giving them early treatment and…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in a National Kidney Transplant Center.
BackgroundKidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). We aimed to retrospectively describe the epidemiology of CDI in a national…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia: Late and Serious Complication Among Kidney Transplant Recipients.
HOSPITAL DO RIM-UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
We report 50 confirmed PJP cases that occurred in kidney transplant patients between 06/16/2011 and 10/17/2015 in a single center.In the studied period, there were…2016 American Transplant Congress
Cytometric Deep Profiling of the CD8+ T-Cell Compartment in Transplant Patients with CMV Viremia.
Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a common opportunistic viral infection in transplant patients. Patterns of viremia and relapse are influenced by the host immune response,…
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