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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection Among Kidney Transplant Patients in a Northeast US Center.

    M. Lim,1 S. Kamili,2 T. Greene,2 A. Tejada-Strop,2 J. Drobeniuc,2 M. Vanderveen,1 R. Bloom.1

    1Division of Nephrology, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; 2Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.

    Aim. To determine the prevalence of HEV infection in kidney candidates and assess chronic HEV infection among transplant recipients. Methods. We recruited 244 kidney transplant…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Perioperative Anemia and Associated Transfusion Requirements in Adult Liver Transplant Recipients.

    E. Aldag, P. Moghimi, R. Pedersen, A. Sahajpal, J. Clendenon, V. Gunabushanam, M. Irani, D. Kramer.

    Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.

    Background: Liver transplantation (LT) maybe associated with massive blood loss due to the complex hemostatic abnormalities of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) and surgical complexity. Blood…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Descriptive Epidemiology and Trends of Community Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Utilization Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at a High Volume Transplant Center 2008 to 2014.

    S. Mawhorter, N. Shrestha.

    Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

    INTRODUCTION: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients may benefit from community-based parenteral anti-infective therapy (CoPAT). Limited data are available. CoPAT may help reduce LOS. As a…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Polyomavirus BK Nephropathy in Kidney Transplant Patients.

    K. Masutani,1 A. Tsuchimoto,1 Y. Matsukuma,1 K. Kaku,2 K. Kurihara,2 Y. Okabe,2 K. Tsuruya,1 M. Nakamura,2 T. Kitazono.1

    1Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; 2Department of Surgery and Oncology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

    Background: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an index for systemic inflammatory response, and has been reported to be a prognostic marker in the patients with malignancies…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Assessment of Chikungunya IgM Prevalence Among Deceased Organ and Tissue Donors Using Two Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) Kits.

    H. Prince, M. Altrich, M. Nowicki.

    Viracor-IBT Laboratories, Los Angeles, CA.

    Study Purpose: The emergence of Chikunungya virus (ChikV) infection in the western hemisphere has raised concerns of donor-derived transmission. We assessed the prevalence of recent…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    A 5-Year Multicenter Evaluation of Seasonal Influenza Infection in Transplant Recipients.

    D. Kumar,1 E. Cordero,4 E. Blumberg,2 A. Limaye,5 M. Levi,7 L. Danziger-Isakov,9 J. Englund,8 S. Husain,1 F. Silveira,10 G. Reid,6 T. Sharma,3 A. Humar.1

    1UHN, Toronto, Canada; 2UPenn, Philadelphia; 3BCH, Boston; 4REIPI, Seville, Spain; 5UoWMC, Seattle; 6LUMC, Chicago; 7UCD, Denver; 8SCH, Seattle; 9CCHMC, Cincinnati; 10UPMC, Pittsburgh.

    Background:Seasonal influenza infection may cause significant morbidity and mortality in transplant patients. However, there are limited prospective data on clinical presentations and determinants of outcomes.…
  • 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…
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