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Articles tagged "Infection"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Cytometric Deep Profiling of the CD8+ T-Cell Compartment in Transplant Patients with CMV Viremia.

    V. Ferreira, D. Kumar, S. Husain, M. Bhat, P. Ashton, A. Humar.

    UHN, Toronto, Canada.

    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,…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Number of Bacterial Isolates and Resistance Increases Mortality Risk in Intestinal Transplant Patients.

    D. Patel, H. Shah, T. Schiano, J. Moon, K. Iyer, S. Huprikar.

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.

    BackgroundInfection is the most common complication in intestinal transplant (IT) recipients. Data regarding the impact of infections on outcomes following IT is limited.MethodsThis is a…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Parainfluenza-3 Infections Early After Kidney Transplantation.

    I. Helanterä,1 V.-J. Anttila,2 M. Lempinen.1

    1Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; 2Department of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

    A. Purpose: Parainfluenza (PIV) is able to cause serious and even fatal infections after hematopoietic stem cell and lung transplantation. Limited data are available about…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Preventive and Therapeutic Effect of Immunoglobulin on Infectious Complications in Donation After Cardiac Death Liver Transplant Recipients: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study.

    A. Yang, Z. Guo, W. Ju, Y. Chen, M. Han, X. Wang, D. Wang, Y. Ma, A. Hu, X. Zhu, X. He.

    Organ Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    Aims: To prospectively investigate the preventive and therapeutic effect of immunoglobulin on infectious complications in DCD liver transplant recipients, and synthetically evaluate its influence on…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Risk of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter-Associated Peritonitis Following Kidney Transplant.

    A. Rizzi,1 S. Ruitta,1 J. Peterson,1 G. Gagin,1 D. Fritze,1 R. Sung,1 Y. Lu,2 K. Woodside.1

    1Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

    While peritoneal dialysis (PD) has become more common, PD catheter management at the time of kidney transplant varies widely by transplant center. We sought to…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Assessing Return of CMV Specific Cellular Immunity Using the T-SPOT.CMV Soon After Kidney Transplant with Thymoglobulin.

    C. Kotton.

    Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

    Background: We do not currently have sufficient predictive tools to determine risk of CMV infection after organ transplantation. Recent data suggest that assays of the…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Sepsis Prolongs Allograft Survival Compared with Non-Septic Infection in a Murine Model of Skin Transplantation and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia.

    L. Margoles, S. Laurie, C. Coopersmith, M. Ford.

    Emory Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

    Concurrent infections have been shown to increase risk of transplant rejection via enhanced innate immune activation and increased T cell alloreactivity. In some cases, these…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Transmited Rabies Outbreak Involving Four Transplant Recepients in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

    H. Elsiesy,1,2 I. Hussain,3 F. Abaalkhail,1,2 W. Al-Hamoudi,1 H. Elbeshbeshy,1 M. Al Sebayel,1 D. Broering,1 A. Elgohary,1 S. Al Fawaz,4 S. Althawadi,5 J. Alotaibi,4 H. AlHindi,5 P. Nair,6 T. Al- Otaibi,6 N. Nampoory,6 L. Orciar,7 A. Velasco-Villa,7 P. Yager,7 T. Smith,7 W. Carson,7 M. Niezgoda,7 A. Wadhwa,7 R. Edgar Condori,7 Y. Li,7 R. Franka,7 M. Halim,4 R. Willoughby.8

    1Liver Transplantation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Critical Care, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 4Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 5Pathology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 6Hamed Al Essa Organ Transplant Centre, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait, Kuwait; 7Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta; 8Pediatric, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

    Background and Aims: There have been 10 outbreaks of rabies following solid organ or corneal transplantation. In December 2014, 4 organ recipients died in 2…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    A Decade of Donor-Derived Disease: A Report of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC).

    D. Kaul,1 S. Tlusty,2 A. Wilk,2 C. Wolfe.1

    1OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee, Richmond, VA; 2United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.

    Intro: The OPTN DTAC evaluates potential donor derived transmission events (PDDTE), including infections & malignancies, to assess for donor transmitted events.Methods: Reports of unexpected PDDTE…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Significant Association of Innate Immune Related Genes Polymorphism on Infectious Complications Following Early Post Renal Transplantation phase.

    L. Das, K. Ide, Y. Tanaka, S. Shimizu, N. Tanimine, S. Verma, H. Ohdan.

    Department of Gastroenrological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.

    ObjectiveInfectious complication is the leading cause of graft dysfunction and patient loss after renal transplantation (RT). In the early post-transplant phase where acquired immunity is…
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