2015 American Transplant Congress
Dengue Virus Infection Among Renal Transplant Recipients: A Series of 10 Cases in a Tropical Country
Background: Dengue in an important endemic disease in many parts of the world. The aim of this study is to describe a case series of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Norovirus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients – Clinical Severity and Genotype Identification
Introduction: Norovirus (NoV) is increasingly recognized as causative agent of gastro-enteritis in renal transplant recipients.Methods: We performed a retrospective study (2003-2012) to investigate the clinical…2015 American Transplant Congress
Perioperative Bacterial Colonization and Postoperative Urinary Tract Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common infection after kidney transplantation, and one of the source of the infection is thought to be…2015 American Transplant Congress
Increased Risk of VRE Infection in Liver Transplant Patients With MELD of 35 or Greater
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) infection is recognized as a cause of morbidity in liver transplant patients. In the wake of Share 35, sick patients receiving…2015 American Transplant Congress
Heterologous Immune Responses to Influenza Vaccine in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background:Influenza vaccine is known to have suboptimal immunogenicity in transplant recipients. However, influenza vaccine may have the added benefit of inducing a cross-reactive immune response…2015 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparity in Infections After Kidney Transplantation
BACKGROUND: Female gender has been suggested as a risk factor for infection after kidney transplant (KT). Preliminary studies have reported that sex hormones such as…2015 American Transplant Congress
Transport Perfusion Fluid Analysis from Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants (DD KT) and Pancreas Transplants (SPK; PAK; PTA)
Renal and Transplant, Guys Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
INTRODUCTION: Candida cultured in transplant perfusion fluid (TPF) may have adverse consequences (Mai 2006). TPF culture rates, frequency of positive culture results and associated clinical…2015 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Risk Factors and Outcomes of Daptomycin-Susceptible and -Nonsusceptible Enterococcus Infections in Liver Transplant Recipients
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
PurposeDaptomycin (DAP) has become an important therapeutic agent to treat infections due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), including in liver transplant recipients (LTRs); however, DAP-nonsusceptible…2015 American Transplant Congress
Infectious Complications in ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Recipient According to the Rituximab Dose
BackgroundDesensitization with rituximab and intravenous immunoglobulin improves ABO incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation (KT) outcomes. However, infections have been noted in association with rituximab administration. In…2015 American Transplant Congress
Diabetic Kidney Transplant Recipients: Impaired Infection Control and Alloreactivity
New onset diabetes after transplant (NODAT) has been associated with an increased risk of infection and sepsis. Previous studies, however, failed to identify differences in…
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